Bone of My Bone

And so it was that

YHWH laid down beside sleeping Adam

Coated Godself in muddy clay

Forming her in His image

And stayed a moment there

Relishing His soft curves and clever mind

Noticing His breath and the warm earth

Then He rose

And parted the side of man

Plucked the third rib from Adam’s chest

Exposing his heart forever more

With Adam’s rib, He etched sigils into her soft clay form

Wind so she could not be captured

Water so she would ebb and flow

Earth so she would know the old ways

Fire so she would know the new

At last he stood back,

Pleased with His work

He breathed a happy sigh

As the pre-dawn mist settled over the one-become-two

YHWH left them then,

Sleeping side by side

To awaken together

Free to discover and wander the garden together

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Bone of my Bone, Flesh of my Flesh, my dearest love. I love you more with each passing year. Life with you is a shining jewel. May we awaken and wander the garden together until the end of our days.