by Hani’a Abrams
Before he had flesh, Adam Wept
He cried because he remembered
Because he did not wish to forget
his Love for God
Adam did not want to become subject to Time
He did not want a body
Nor a heart
Nor a mind
Who would wish to become unreal?
Perhaps Adam intuited that upon the Earth:
Suffering would lay wait
In Happiness;
Pain would masquerade
As Pleasure
Perhaps Adam knew
Pleasure and Happiness
And Suffering and Pain
To be most unreal,
Unless…
You are burdened with a body-heart-mind.
Adam cried for fear of forgetting
Perhaps he intuited he would become fond of being Earth-bound
like happiness too much
And would come to love pleasure
And comfort of body
Over the subtle Truth of his Soul
Yes, Adam wept.
And so too, do I weep:
Because under the ruthless dominion of the Material
we all indeed forget
…Our Love of God
…And how should we not cry, seeing we are helpless in the forgetting thereof?
Hani’a says: “Adam Wept” is a poem resultant from Muhammad Subuh Sumohodiwijojo’s “Adam and his Children”, …and is a serious expression of my inner’s ‘awareness of earthly circumstance.’
Dearest Brother and Friend Hani’a, O hombre Sincero,
thank you for benefit of your thoughtful & generous sharing with us your innermost view to our life here together & to an intrinsic opportunity of awareness & understanding through our soul connection towards God’s will for us on earth.
Your wealth of poems, writings and ‘stories’ which are truly Witnessings ~ spring from deepest sincerity to forgiving humor, and bring us to an awareness of the best of what we can be and as sisters and brothers sharing this road. I sing your praises and thank you.
I so understood your precious Adam Wept poem Hani’a. Thank you for sharing it here.