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Lilith in the Garden of Eden
In the beginning, there was man and there was woman. You may have heard this story before, but have you ever stopped to seriously consider it? Perhaps there was a different beginning, and the events that took place need to be told. Here you shall find the fable of Lilith and the chronicle of her existence in the supposed land of milk and honey...
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The creator made Adam, the first man, from dust, ash, and dirt. This was to make him into a powerful, strong and wise character, able to help all of earth's future residents with life. His experience here should make him accustomed to the trials and tribulations of life on this new planet and make him open to the unending possibilities of a time just beginning. However, this plan was soon to backfire. A woman was created and Adam turned to a life of jealousy. He was supposed to be the one in charge, so imaginably, when someone more capable of the task came along, he became upset. This woman, Lilith, was made of the earth, in fact, the very same earth Adam was made from. She was a headstrong and confident woman with an inner beauty that glowed from her like coals from a fire. Lilith possessed traits which made her a liberated lady, and that severely aggravated Adam. He wanted to control everything, including Lilith's spirit. Adam decided that he, as a man, owned the world, and he also decided that Lilith belonged to him and that she would have to give up her ways.
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Lilith had strict orders to discover the land here with Adam. But of course, with him screaming at her constanly that her job was to wash the clothes NOT look at the stream, Lilith quickly grew weary. She became depressed with life on earth when Adam was around. She couldn't daydream or look at the stars- no, that was Adam's job. He could be lazy he said; he was the man. He deserved a rest after a day of hard work. Lilith wondered what hard work he was talking about. All she had seen him do was lounge in a hammock...
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One day a snake bit Adam on the toe. He was sick for three days and tuned Lilith into his slave, forcing her to run the earth and cater to his every whim and want. In this short time, the barren wasteland Adam had somehow proudly called his land was filled with flowers and trees and all the beautiful nature was there. Butterflies abounded, the clouds seemed to smile, and the sun shone high on the green grass where only dirt had lain the day before. The earth seemed grateful to be cared for by a loving creature. When Adam came back, however, the flowers wilted and the storms returned. All progress was lost, and to top it all off, Adam was angry with Lilith.
"You've murdered all my plants!" he screamed.
"Adam, those plants only came up when I tended the garden," Lilith quietly defended.
"They were meant to make me feel better! Now go sew or something, you worthless woman! I don't know why anyone put you here in the first place!!" Adam half incoherently shouted.
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Lilith decided that this must be the last straw. She deserved peace, happiness and sanity like any other human being, she told herself, and Adam was obviously too stuck in himself to care about anything. So late one night, under the pale moon and dark sky, Lilith left the Garden of Eden. She walked for days under the rain- drenched clouds to find a place where she belonged. Finally she found a riverbed that she felt could be a suitable home. She fell asleep there on the riverbank, tired and lonely, longing for anything at all.
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A miracle occured the next morning. Lilith awoke to see the flowers everywhere, colossal trees, and morning glory vines hanging from everything. The sun was high over the horizon, sleeping on a bed of marshmallowy clouds, floating on sheets of watery blue. Under her body was a blanket of velvety green grass. An azure waterfall bled springwater from high atop the mountian, and it's sapphire waves fell upon the land so obviously blessed for Lilith.
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It was truly a heavenly place- but the chill of solitude soon iced over Lilith's soul. Even in such a breathtaking place, lonliness was a problem. The snake that had in some turn-about way helped Lilith to escape soon came to her forest. His emerald flesh oozed across the land as he came to present to Lilith a rather odd nugget of event: another person had been placed in this world and her name was Eve. She was gorgeous and blonde, with empty eyes and an empty mind. Her heart wasn't a golden butterfly like Lilith's; it was a sculpture of broken glass and metal. The sun, moon, the stars, and the joy of a free spirit were far from the life of Eve. Her beauty was insurmountable, but her quintessence was a broken icebox of pain. Lilith and Eve were truly that first examples of how the mind works in binary function. They showed that without darkness, there could be no light and without day, night would be impossible.
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"Adam only wanted a weakling servant; he must have found that in Eve," Lilith said. "But at least it wasn't from me. I could never live that life again." She soon found that Adam was to marry Eve and for some strange reason, she was happy. Jubilant, in fact. Lilith went to the wedding as an odd sort of blessing for them. After all, she did believe that happiness was sugar for the soul. Now she just needed her own merriment.
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The sound of the waters on the rocks always amused Lilith. It had a musical quality that resonated from the land to the heavens and back again to soothe the pains of her soul. She wanted to emulate this wondrous sensation with music of her own, something that would take the paint of sorrow from the canvas of her soul and leave the white flawlessness of renewed belief and a free spirit. Lilith made a guitar from a fallen oak tree, and carefully oil it and stringed it with catgut until it played a light airy sound that echoed from the freshly created mountains and filled the whole earth with brightness and power. It pulled people from their misery and took away their pain. It showed them the true beauy they would have if they'd only let themselves know that they were born innocent and would forever remain that way. The beautiful acoustics of hearing filled every crack and crevice of this brave new world.
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Bravery didn't last long, though. As I'm sure you've heard, Eve was persuaded to eat an apple by that certain snake. Adam ate of this same rotten fruit, and as the bible says, all evil began. Adam fought with Eve, too. The triviality of life didn't matter to them. They thought only of themselves and wanted only their selfish possessions. The emotions human life had been empowered with didn't seep into the souls of these children of the sun.
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The snake relegated himself to a life with Lilith, a simpler person with basic principles of love and peace. The serpent was a beautiful creature to Lilith, and as night came and her mind set sail for the stars, she was thankful for his company. She named him Noel, and the reptile fast became a companion to Lilith, the weary traveler.
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The Garden of Eden blossomed anew, and the blur of clouds and sky above Eden shone with dancing light. It was a new beginning for a planet barely born. The curtain had been lifted to show a life less ordinary for the citizens of the cosmos. They could all start over, just like the billions of people after them who inhabited the earth. They were forced to learn the most valuable lesson one can learn while here on this earth- love, whatever it is for, is a powerful structure. Be it for music, another person, an animal, or simply a feeling, it's color's richness must appear within everyone's view. It can grip one's heart and pull it toward the light, or it can plunge it into darkness. Wherever a person is in this world, whatever time they are existing, we all must love.
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My, that was lovely.. Shall we return to the main page now?
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