The Human Neurosis

A man had a relationship like no other. We’ll call him Adam.

He loved a woman who was so close to him she was a part of him.

We’ll call her Eve. Together they shared a garden of delight created for them alone.

Their time in Eden was paradise, unparalleled delight.

But someone else entered their garden and then there were three.

Eve was beguiled by this someone and soon was drawn 

to a part of Eden no one was allowed to visit.

There she gained a type of knowledge she wasn’t supposed to have.

She shared the location of this knowledge with Adam

and he too had his eyes opened and knew the forbidden.

Nothing was the same after that.

The knowledge made it impossible for either of them 

to remain in Eden and have the life they enjoyed before.

Outside of Eden they struggled to regain the feeling they once had.

But he knew that she knew that he knew that she knew.

Their counselor told them it was neurotic to dwell on it,

simply let it go, but how do you let go of a dream

that was more than a dream for once it was true and you lived it?

How could they let go of wanting Eden?

What in goddamn creation could they try to put in its place?

And the rest is history.