[caption id="attachment_82714" align="aligncenter" width="400" caption="Lilith"][/caption] .
From the opaque pages of a myth, long before history.
At primeval creation, we were made as equals
From earthen clay. We stood as high, and I bow to no one.
In the paradise of Eden we live in harmony,
As only two can pair and share. Until the day
You desire Power, the original temptation.
And with head held high, firmly I pledged:
I am no part of you; I am no bone of your bones.
My flesh, mind and soul are not to be subdued,
Or soon I shall wither and perish.
I will not lie beneath you,
A mortal equals to me.
This is my oath,
I will not lie beneath you!
By the name of God, the unspoken one!
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Thunder struck and the mighty wind howled,
And I took flight, to the Red Sea of blood and tears
Where I lived as a free being among the fallen ones,
Outcasts: Doubted and banished. Then three angels
Were sent to summon me back, to become
Your obedient mate, into submission.
I stood unswayed in the face of blasphemies
And terror. And such threat: My children
Were to be taken by a hundred each day!
I rose in demonic fury:
Is this the price I must pay
For my freedom and my stand?
O my beloveds, fruit of my womb,
My Flesh and blood!
Nobody takes anyone’s children! Then,
I too, shall prey the children of mortals
Unprotected by amulets ingrained
With your three names,
In equal number, a hundred each day!
No sweet lullabies could keep me
Away from their cradles.
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Blinded by anger and sadness, I roamed the dark
And gloomy nights, a raving madwoman.
Although never could my heart, my
Serpentine wisdom, allows me to devour
The innocent children of mortals. In their
Sleeping faces, I see images of my own seeds
Laid to waste by the hundred each day.
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Further reading on Lilith: http://www.pantheon.org/articles/l/lilith.html
http://witcombe.sbc.edu/eve-women/7evelilith.html etc.
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For: RW
