Awakened from the Fall

You came to me to strengthen memory;
My conscience, reason Adam buried deep
When in him I succumbed to reverie
Of Satan’s lie and tried to make them sleep.

Though drowsy they may be, they’re still awake,
When splashed by waters in your holy fount
They kneel at Holy Table and await
Your Body, Blood raised high on cross You mount.

You lift our eyes from serpent’s deadly snare
To world of angels from whence spirits come
On breath breathed in our clay to ‘lumine here
All Eden, make it part of heaven’s home.

Old Eden’s mem’ry, conscience, reason call,
And Jesus hears and wakes them from their fall.