Hawa

She lay there on the earth

At midnight

Like the serpent

Her belly warmed up

The dark 

Rich soil

Prostrate before the heavens,

The moon's glow

Was her only clothing,

She lay there

And smiled

Into the heart

Of the earth.

Her laughter danced

Into the star-struck sky

And burst out in a parade

Of orange-

Shades of yellow

And

Her joy painted

A phantasmal sunrise

She tiptoed to the river

And

With a song she greeted

The early birds

And joined in the calm 

Hum of the water

That flowed into her bones

A song to welcome the day

Just then it slithered by

With dark clouds in tow

Pregnant with venomous lies

She slipped on a wet stone

And fell flat on her face

Soon  after, the greens 

Contoured her frame

She was nowhere to be found

The wind asked of her

And she whispered from 

Where she hid..

"I am naked..."