ROMANCE: "LOVE IN PARADISE" BY ARTYSTIK M JOSIAH

Eden,before meeting the devil

Life in paradise was sweet

After the forbiden pill

The better half got lost

Just for love I had no choice

Than listening to her voice

Two shall become one

Led our spirits astray

Feared all including our shadows

They haunt us away

I never knew she was tasty

And how she was that sweet

Until she gave me that apple

Was it really forbidden...

Why was it hidden...

It has no sample

The hailmark of beauty

The cuddials broke the silent

Love in the air was sent

Birds danced to our melodies

Rivers flowing down the hills

Moon glown our bodies

Sparkling the romantic water falls.....

©️ ARTYSTIK MSAFIH JOSIAH

- Kenya

This poem is a sensual retelling of the Eden story, blending innocence and seduction. The speaker reflects on paradise lost, attributing it to love and desire ("Just for love I had no choice"). The language is lush ("Moon glown our bodies", "Sparkling the romantic water falls"), emphasizing the allure of forbidden love. The poem's tone is nostalgic, almost wistful, as it explores themes of temptation, beauty, and the consequences of desire. The use of rhetorical questions ("Was it really forbidden... Why was it hidden...") adds to the poem's introspective, dreamlike quality, blurring lines between blame and admiration for the "forbidden pill" that led to paradise lost.