EVE’S PERSPECTIVE

Written By Aujané Rene

a poem about shrooms

Some fruit in this garden 

the garden of knowledge 

is the Devil’s trap. 

Please don’t eat it. 

If you love your innocence 

If you love your bliss 

Some fruit will make you sick. 

Some will rot before their time. 

If I’ve learned anything in this life, it’s that 

no one should know everything. 

no one should claim they are God. 

How humbling.

God’s fruit 

of forbidden knowledge 

It’ll make a beautiful mess out of me.

God’s fruit 

has fear planted in the soil

and Love spread throughout its leaves. 

Beautiful yet frightening. 

No wonder God has created us in Their image

God was lonely. 

 lonely to know too much.

 lonely to know everything.

There’s silent peace with company that you can’t enjoy 

once you’ve eaten 

that sweet, sweet 

juicy fruit. 

Aujané Rene

Aujané Rene is an afro latina boricua writer and multidisciplinary artist from Moreno Valley, CA, currently based in South Central, Los Angeles. She touches on topics such as mental health, generational trauma and blessings, recovery from abuse, community, reclamation of power on an individual to as deep as a systemic level. A mental health advocate specializing in suicide prevention and education, and a songwriter who frequents open mics and performs spoken word poetry. She has a love for hip-hop, jazz, and neo-soul. Her debut poetry book, “RAW VULNERABILITY” is in the works. She can be found performing at the Radical Hood Library.

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