Not the Apple on the Tree

 

Not the apple on the tree

But the pair on the ground,

The homonym might be wrong

But the concept is sound.

One bite was all it took

Of what is believed to be an apple

And immediately thereafter

The whole world was in trouble.

I’m not sure if it was an apple

Or maybe some other fruit

But what I came to find out was…

Disobedience was the root.

Not the apple on the tree

But the pair on the ground

And the extremely subtle beast

That turned them around.

God’s focus was the pair

But the pair’s focus was the fruit

And together they twain did eat

And therein was sin’s root.

 

Not the apple on the tree

But the pair on the ground,

Adam and Eve were the first sinners

On whom God frowned.

God had established His Word

But the pair took the offshoot

That the wily serpent presented

And partook of the fruit.

This was the first sin

And with it, the resulting decline

That followed after this pair

As to sin all were inclined.

 

Not the apple on the tree

But the pair on the ground:

They were the problem, my friend

That turned the world upside down.

So, whenever you reflect

On why sin abounds,

Remember!

It was not the apple on the tree

But the pair on the ground.

Stewart Russell © July 2020