We
began our lives
as saints,

& saw
what we see.

But,
as the prophets
foretold,
We forgot
& fell,

>Just as heaven
>is here on earth
>so it is with hell.

into our loves
& hates -

busy, busy,
building, buying,
spawning regrets,
assuaging pain,

until we grew
tired,

& older,

& through a lens
more polished,

learned to see,
what we saw,

innocently.