Eden

The garden is liquid gold

streaming along glossy

leaves, drenched in light,

green  underwater chamber,

my womb, my ignorance.

Suddenly, I look down,

the mirror of my blotchy flesh,

the creases, crevices.

Then up into the

azure sky.

  

Where else can I look

to ask my question,

Why?

© Valerie Taylor

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