Or
the Top Ten Reasons Heaven & Hell Are at War.
ONE.
God said, “let there be light,”
and
earth was shrouded in sunlight
and
the Devil sunburned easily.
pale-skinned,
residing in the dark,
nocturnal
& an insomniac,
he
hasn't slept in three years.
TWO.
the Devil couldn't get a part in hollywood,
so
he went home,
wrote
his feelings on a napkin,
and
threw it away.
THREE.
there were no clean shirts on tuesday,
and
the dry-cleaner was closed due to budget cuts.
the
homeless man sits on the corner begging for a dime,
fingerless
gloves and cracked shoes,
even
if the Devil wanted to, he couldn't give him anything,
there
isn't money left for anyone at all.
FOUR.
the days grew short,
rain
hitting the ground.
God
smiles on the beauty,
while
the Devil howls in anguish
for
love he can never have.
FIVE.
shivering in the night, the Devil makes his way to Eden,
“just
once more,” he says,
“just
once more to see what i'm missing.”
but
he knows that's not why he went.
SIX.
Eve is picking flowers to put in her hair.
light
rain falls on her hands.
the
Devil hides in a tree.
SEVEN.
God watches the Devil,
he
watches the earth spin
round
& round & round.
He
takes a picture in his mind to save for
any
other day.
God
knows what's happened,
God
knows exactly what the Devil wanted all along.
this
is the way it had to be.
EIGHT.
happy birthday universe,
it's
your lucky day.
whatever
you want you can have.
God
smiles on Eden,
aware
of fate and love and everything in between.
NINE.
the Devil suddenly knows why he's here.
weeks
and weeks of coming and going,
never
getting what he wanted until now.
“the
apple, the apple,” he croons.
and
Eve takes it, her beautiful pale hand reaching up
from
the ground.
he
looks at her, eyes locking,
long-legged & red-lipped,
she
bites the apple and the Devil smiles.
TEN.
the Devil sheds a single tear
as
Eve is taken from him again,
to
live out her life with Adam.
the
Devil cries out in rage,
“this
is war, this is war.”
Eve
never said a word, nothing but
“what's
done is done.”
lightly
kissing his lips she turns away, forever.
the
world kept on spinning,
round
& round & round again,
as
the Devil vowed to make her love him.
i
suppose that's all he ever really wanted.
the
war raged on.
and
Eve never said
“i
love you.”
#summerblogs
Forever Yours,
Rachel.
