Lilith

perhaps a man can never know
perhaps a man can never understand
the anger and the anguish
that tremble within your womb

perhaps a man can never know
perhaps a man can never comprehend
the hate and the envy
that nurse from your breast

for each generation of men can only express
the world that they see through the language

which limits their perceptions
to the sounds that they communicate
and thus are unable to understand the universe
one like you attempts to convey

for through the door i walked into your den
where adam had walked before
where noah had fallen
where abraham had gone down
where isaac was but a memory
of a long forgotten regret

through the door i walked into your arms
whose name is sealed forever behind
the fallen walls of jericho and uttered
only when temptation erases all desire
to journey within the light

for you moved across the sand and left
no footprint in your wake while those surrounded
by your crown of destiny trembled quietly
lest the beast awaken and rain thunder and fire
down upon their doorways and children

you drifted between destiny and a curse
where none dared to stand before your wrath
as you called forth god in your name and reminded him
that his consort tasted for the blood of vengeance
from those who would question her righteousness