For John Milton

Joneve Mc Cormick

    When we're young, arrogant lambs
    with heart and wool
    the world lusts after
    we preen and swagger
    all the way to hell
    (called 'the
    fortunate fall'
    by a poet)

    changing radically -
    willingly -
    we crawl from the fire,
    rise toward the light
    (called by the same poet
    'Paradise Regained')

    Those who stay home
    ask, 'why look for trouble?'
    and 'who needs to be a hero?'
    as though they have little to discover

    but you reach
    into hell and heaven
    for secrets of the journey,
    show Him planting His apple seed
    that holds the fruit
    of divine Knowing
    in our Garden

    then creating us,
    His chosen seekers and finders
    of Knowledge.

    

Joneve Mc Cormick - Joneve McCormick lives and works in Manhattan as a freelance writer and translator. Over the years she has published her poems, articles and short stories in various publications and online.
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