Lilith
And before Eve was Lilith, or so some say,
In the Garden of Eden, on the Fifth Day.
Lover of Adam, controller of snakes,
Runner of plains and forgiver of fakes...
From Lilith came Jezebel, a Phoenician queen,
Who created chaos in Israel, and was seen
To bear her teeth in anger, like the long-legged cat,
Who lay in her court, on a silken mat...
The daughters of Jezebel went down through the years,
From Athalian to Jessamyn, a trail of fears.
Girls who were heartless, lovely, and cold;
Graceful young women who never seemed old...
Two thousand years after the death of the Christ,
Came a girl who knew how to pull off a heist.
Like her ancestor, Jezebel, she was red-haired and wild,
And there was danger in her anger, even as a child...
And then Lilith, the one who would never grow old,
Brought red-haired Jessamyn in out of the cold,
Knowing her for the descendant she was -
And Lilith's answer to "Why?" was simply, "Because..."
So after Lilith was Jessamyn, the second one
To hold up the curse of the Cat of the Sun.
The curse and the blessing of Lilith, who came
Before Eve, and who always hated Eve's name...
And before Eve was Lilith, or so some say,
In the Garden of Eden, on the Fifth Day.
Lover of Adam, controller of snakes,
Runner of plains and forgiver of fakes...
From Lilith came Jezebel, a Phoenician queen,
Who created chaos in Israel, and was seen
To bear her teeth in anger, like the long-legged cat,
Who lay in her court, on a silken mat...
The daughters of Jezebel went down through the years,
From Athalian to Jessamyn, a trail of fears.
Girls who were heartless, lovely, and cold;
Graceful young women who never seemed old...
Two thousand years after the death of the Christ,
Came a girl who knew how to pull off a heist.
Like her ancestor, Jezebel, she was red-haired and wild,
And there was danger in her anger, even as a child...
And then Lilith, the one who would never grow old,
Brought red-haired Jessamyn in out of the cold,
Knowing her for the descendant she was -
And Lilith's answer to "Why?" was simply, "Because..."
So after Lilith was Jessamyn, the second one
To hold up the curse of the Cat of the Sun.
The curse and the blessing of Lilith, who came
Before Eve, and who always hated Eve's name...
