Can I Stop Loving Her?

I was happy in that garden
which you asked me to tend,
it was carefree; I slept under
cool shades of big trees sans

cares or dreams. Were you
jealous my lord? Just for a
fleeting moment? Else, why
did you break off my rib as
I was slumbering and give
me a woman? “For company”
you said. I trusted you as I
always did and loved her
with all of my heart and ate
the bitter fruit she gave me.

The sweat of my brow now
drips to the ground as I till
the cursed fields under harsh
suns; I crib not! The frozen
winter chills my bones; I cry
not! Hunger gnaws me even
as the woman nags; no issues!
But sometimes songs of Eden
come to haunt me and I pine
for the solitude of happy days
beside those singing streams!  
Eden beckons with its clear
skies; fragrance intoxicates
as breezes of memory blow!

And sometimes now the wails
of Eden creeps into the stillness
of my soul, filling it with this
yearning for a paradise lost!

It’s then that I ask, why oh
why my lord, you didn’t put a
flaming sword and cherubim
before the tree of knowledge?
Was it because you wanted to
destroy my tranquility and bliss?
Was I condemned before sinning?
Was woman a God conspiracy
against me? Can I stop loving
her and come back to Eden?
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24/08/2010      R Jayachandan