Formation of Man

No plant of the field
Had yet sprung up
(Because there was not rain);
Man was created
From dust on the ground
And all the earth was his gain.

Into his nostril
God did breathe
To give this man his life.
Adam was placed
East in Eden-
'Twas where he was given his wife.

Trees sprang up
And a garden made
For beauty and good food;
The Tree of Life
'Twas in its' midst,
Bearing knowledge of evil and good.

God told Adam
As well as Eve
To eat of every tree,
But save one-
Evil and good,
And to just let that one be.

The serpent came
And said to Eve
Concerning what God had said;
"You will not die
But be like God
If from this tree you're fed."

She took its fruit
And ate it up,
And with Adam she did share.
But once they ate
Their lives had changed
And they saw that they were bare.

For now they knew
Of evil and good
And clothed themselves with leaves,
And hid from God
Behind the trees
Not wanting to displease.

Then God asked
Adam and Eve
'Of the forbidden did you eat?'
'Yes we did.
What we have done
Was by the serpent's deceit.'

Because of this
God placed a curse
On serpent, woman and man.
One would eat dust
Another got pain-
And the last must toil the land.

And in death
Man would go
Back to the earth as dust,
To the place
From whence he came
In the eyes of God 'twas just.