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Of man's first disobedience, and the fruit
of that forbidden tree, whose mortal taste
brought death into the world and all our woe,
With loss of Eden, till one greater Man
Restore us, and regain the blissful seat...
And yet, Paradise may be wrought upon the earth as now it stands; the ravages of Time, the slow degradations of Age, the void of Death itself-- the bitter gall of that accursèd Fruit-- the strength to overcome them all is within the grasp of Man, even now.
I never doubted myself; and I never doubted her. From the moment she appeared in my mind-- a sublime creation, wrought by man; a triumph to rival the finest of Nature's-- I have known she would come to being beneath my guiding hands just as she came, unbidden, to my mind's eye. And yet, though I gazed upon her face for many months, toiled over every inch of her day and night, though I know every line of her body-- O! softness and sweet attractive grace-- the moment she woke, eyes fluttering open as the long-stilled heart began to pound within her breast, I realized how I had underestimated my creation. The First Woman of a new race, of my invention; my Lilith! Were I not your maker, I would envy your Adam.
And yet, the ache in me has not been quelled, as I prayed it would. Each moment, each sin against God and Nature, each final gasp as they fell beneath my hands, each drop of trembling ichor-- they were all for this moment, all to quiet the screams that echo behind my eyes. I have overcome death, perhaps; and yet, her death I cannot overcome. I have mended broken bodies; I have broken bodies to mend them; and yet, the emptiness in me, I cannot repair. Her beauty will forestall them from naming her a monster; it must; and yet what am I who made her? I do not have it in me to regret what I have done; and Lilith, my Lilith, shall stand as a testament of creation; none know the destruction which brought her forth.
|[ooc: strikes are so ridiculously hackable in this post that they might as well have a neon sign saying READ ME. :D Lilith I hope this is ok given your other plotting. if not i will amend, just gimme a shout. ♥]|
of that forbidden tree, whose mortal taste
brought death into the world and all our woe,
With loss of Eden, till one greater Man
Restore us, and regain the blissful seat...
And yet, Paradise may be wrought upon the earth as now it stands; the ravages of Time, the slow degradations of Age, the void of Death itself-- the bitter gall of that accursèd Fruit-- the strength to overcome them all is within the grasp of Man, even now.
I never doubted myself; and I never doubted her. From the moment she appeared in my mind-- a sublime creation, wrought by man; a triumph to rival the finest of Nature's-- I have known she would come to being beneath my guiding hands just as she came, unbidden, to my mind's eye. And yet, though I gazed upon her face for many months, toiled over every inch of her day and night, though I know every line of her body-- O! softness and sweet attractive grace-- the moment she woke, eyes fluttering open as the long-stilled heart began to pound within her breast, I realized how I had underestimated my creation. The First Woman of a new race, of my invention; my Lilith! Were I not your maker, I would envy your Adam.
And yet, the ache in me has not been quelled, as I prayed it would. Each moment, each sin against God and Nature, each final gasp as they fell beneath my hands, each drop of trembling ichor-- they were all for this moment, all to quiet the screams that echo behind my eyes. I have overcome death, perhaps; and yet, her death I cannot overcome. I have mended broken bodies; I have broken bodies to mend them; and yet, the emptiness in me, I cannot repair. Her beauty will forestall them from naming her a monster; it must; and yet what am I who made her? I do not have it in me to regret what I have done; and Lilith, my Lilith, shall stand as a testament of creation; none know the destruction which brought her forth.
|[ooc: strikes are so ridiculously hackable in this post that they might as well have a neon sign saying READ ME. :D Lilith I hope this is ok given your other plotting. if not i will amend, just gimme a shout. ♥]|