the church was built around the wrong tree

eve reached for wisdom.

adam followed.

and they were punished.

not for violence.

not for betrayal.

but for wanting to see.

the serpent said, “you will be like god.”

and they were.

but the system couldn’t handle divinity walking barefoot.

so it labeled knowledge as a sin, and worshipped obedience as holiness.

you were never cast out for evil.

you were cast out for remembering.

and now that tree grows inside you.