Red Fire

Slash and burn that’s the way

To have some fun this dreary day

Hide and seek and peek a boo

My blood boils hot what’s one to do

Go inside and stay away

Don’t make this such a dreary day

Show yourself and be upright

Let the others self -ignite

Boiling pots just scald the hand

Scheming minds rule all this land

Close your eyes and walk away

Now’s the time for all to pay

Passions sway the lustful hearts

Controlling mind and body parts

Look inside and deep within

Reach the core without no sin

Hallowed be thy empty grace

Tending to the human race

Wars and death and sorrow be

Bite the apple from this tree

Broken branches needing mending

Lack of pruning is offending

In the darkness hides the light

Bring a candle while we bite

(from Eve’s ”Book of Lamentations”)

FROM THE FRUIT OF THE

TREE

XIII

Adam and Eve awoke from their God Induced sleep and looked upon each other as if for the first time. As Adam gazed upon Eve- a craving and a desire within him awoke. Her scent made his body quiver and grow hard. She was a dream come to life- made just for him.

Eve awoke, as from a dream, and beside her lay the most handsome and magnificent being that she could ever imagine. Her heart skipped a beat as his hands gently caressed both breasts, and as their lips met, she felt the earth move beneath her feet. As his manhood entered her-she went limp with ecstasy.

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Lucifina and her angels watched as Adam and Eve reacquainted themselves with each other and paradise. They all remembered the wonder and joy they felt when Adam and Lilith awoke for the first time and the great delight and curiosity they exhibited when being introduced to paradise. This was not so for this second awakening, Adam and Eve seemed oblivious to their surroundings and seemed to care only for themselves. But this time, as they watched, no such joy or wonder swelled their eyes with tears; Lucifina and Her angels, only felt sadness and disappointment…

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Gabriella stood before the white fire that surrounded the second Circle of Eden and gathered all the elementals and her legion of angels unto her. As she sang a song of power she directed them to transfer the corruption that bubbled throughout the garden and in themselves onto her. A black miasma of foulness emptied itself from its hosts and penetrated into Gabriella. Darkness and filth invaded her very bones but she still continued on with her song. In great pain she sang her last commands to them:

Oh my beautiful angels and blessed elementals, I have cleansed you of the filth that we let leak into our hearts. You are now free to go back to the heavens and bask in the Glory of GOD or remain here and be the guardians and watchers of the new mankind that is about to become. No darkness will ever again touch you unless you freely let it in. Joshua the Son of Man and God will direct you, when He becomes of age. Farewell and remember what I once was and not what I will become.

Gabriella then leapt into the fire and the white flame burned bright red….

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Gabriel heard Gabriella call to him. Her voice was filled with a darkness that was unfamiliar to him. He was alarmed that he was being drawn to her rather the she to him. Her song had power over him and his need and desire for her outweighed his love and devotion to his Lord. He howled in pain and anguish as he flew to meet Gabriella in the Red Fire of her making…

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Lilith walked in upon Lucifer while He was in meditation and showing no concern for his need for solitude, spoke to Him as if she was His equal and said:

It is time for me and my children to leave this place of desolation and to return from whence we came.

Lucifer felt a rise of anger well within Him at her boldness towards Him but decided to let it die being that she was His creation as well as the mother of His child. He looked at her in a bemused fashion and said:

You and the children that you brought with you may leave with my blessings, and all warring with you and your allies will cease; no further harm will I inflict upon them. But those children that were sired in hell will so remain in hell.

Lilith wished she could forget that she ever had a child with this angry and terrifying reflection of the dreaming God. That fire beast of a child made her belly burn with agony while she carried it within her and that shape shifting little demon made her life a misery while outside of it as well. But still it was her child and although part of her hated it, a part of her loved Her as well. The thought of abandoning Her as well as her children’s little demons, although tempting and what her head said to do, just didn’t sit right with her heart. So she decided to make a bargain which she was sure she’d regret. She bowed before Lucifer and said:

A child needs to know their mother, no matter what type of child that it may be. I will stay and raise hell’s demons and help build a home and empire with You .But you must agree that I do so for only six moons of the yearly cycle and the other six I spend with earths creatures whom I’ve allied myself with. I will have free reign in my domain with no hindrance from You. What say you My Lord to this proposal?

Lucifer looked into Lilith’s heart and said:

Do you do this of your own will; Oh Child of the Night

And Lilith replied:

Yes I do, my will is clear as I bind myself to You.

Only Lilith could make Lucifer laugh and make Him forget His misery just for a little while. Her arrogance and pride was almost as great as His. She would be a fitting Queen of the damned and of Hell. And He then said:

Your proposal is accepted, so let us now seal it with a kiss…

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Adam and Eve were bathing in the pond without a care in the world when a voicefrom the heavens called out to them:

Why do you waste yourself in each others arms when there is a world to explore? Do you not wish to know about the birds, bees, trees, skies and seas and all the living things that wish to commune and be one with you? Are you content to look at one another rather then to the heavens to give praise to the One that has created you? Do you wish to only hear the words spoken to each other rather then that of the Voice of God? Do you not wish to know the conditions that you must adhere too, for the privilege of living in paradise? Get out from that pond and pay proper homage to your God and ask of Me what you will.

Adam and Eve shivered with fear from the rebuke of this invisible presence. They jumped out of the pond and ran to the great grove where the Tree of Life stood and prostrated themselves on the ground where its roots lay. Adam speaking for Eve as well said:

Oh Great God of the Sky, forgive us for any offense that we may have done to you. We were only waiting for instructions from You, before we proceeded to explore this glorious place you provided for us to live in. We bow down before your greatness and await your commands

It took Lucifina all her willpower not to strike them down where they stood. How contemptible and disingenuous they had become since granting them their hearts desire. It just made their souls weaker and their bodies fat, but if her calculations prove true that would soon be remedied. So She put on Her best Voice and said:

I am pleased by your explanation and your heartfelt apology has dimmed My anger. You are free to do what you will. Eden will nurture and succor you and all that you ever need  or want for, will be provided. Nothing is forbidden to you except for one thing. Do not touch the root, or eat of the fruit, of the Great Tree of Knowledge. You may lie under it and use it for shade as you did when you first awoke but to do those things that I forbid you to do will only lead to your ruination. Swear to me that you will obey My command.

And Adam and Eve said in their most pious voice:

Oh Great God of the Sky; we swear with all our hearts and souls that we will not touch of the root or eat of the fruit of the Great Tree of Knowledge

 Lucifina sighed a sigh of sadness, for She knew their oath to be but an empty one…

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Gabriel flew past the third circle of

Eden without any interference and stood before the Red Fire  that guarded the second. A feeling of dread swept over him as he gazed upon it’s terrifying beauty. He heard Gabriella’s call for him to meet her within the fire.

At last he was to be reunited with his soul twin, and no matter what new horror awaited him, at least he wouldn’t share that horror alone. With one last cry of defiance, he leapt into the Fire and embraced his new destiny…