Fall 101

I.
We weren't always naked

Before we tasted evil, 
we could be all that 

We knew the codes:
the names of all the animals

According to the conditions, 
we could adjust in a flash 

Like those camouflaging critters
of the jungle and the sea 

Chamelians and octopi 
and birds of paradise 

But there was a limit 

II.
God knows that we were 
already like God 

But a kindred spirit slipped in,
joined the conversation 

And so we thought perhaps 
a little magic might give us added value 

We thought we would travel 
through space and time:

Reach that quantum level 
where particles and waves dissolve, 

That moksha where we become 
speedy droplets of light 

Exploring the cosmic ocean 
and flying where we wish 

III.
Knowing how to take form
in the shape of any beast...

was not enough of a feast, 
and so we took that bite
 
Only to discover that 
our initial liberty had been a cover 

We had never been so free at all;
The pleasures of Eden merely on loan

A blood of divinity 
That master key 

Enabled the privilege 
of that Heavenly home 

IV.
Sure, we got our wish 
but in distorted form 

As sperma we travel but unaware 
until outside the garden we're born 

And after that our form is weak 
A skin must cover us in the frost
 
What shameful cursed flesh is this 
We must endure as sheeple lost

V.
Our recollection of the past
is vague and full of surprise
 
And so when we behold the reset
We can't quite grasp it 

It's hard to process 
either through ears or eyes

But our Master did it on that hill,
at the place we called Golgotha
 
He restored the image of the One
and beckons us back to Mother 
 
There is a hope we will be clothed 
with shapeshifting power once more 
 
And on that day the earth will rejoice
to be under the dominion of God-lovers 

Who have entered through cherubim door

VI.
And we shall remember those graces 
That enabled us to be 
 
And we will delight in new garments 
When every blind soul shall see
 
We will know how to exist here 
In harmony and peace 
 
And the light of heaven
will dwell among us 

As we dance to songs
of release