The Gospel of Lilith

Made by the same dust as Adam, I deserved as much.

They call me a traitor, a cruel seductress, and a malicious monster,

When in reality, all I wanted was to be equal

Not a life of oppression to our father’s favorite.

This is why without hesitation, I left and was not kicked out.

I would’ve rather be an outcast

Whose every stride stung hot like coals

Than be submissive to any man.

But that bastard Adam didn’t like this.

He begged our father to abandon me as punishment

And requested a new woman who would forever be bound to his side

While I was written out of his precious book

And my children were labeled as demons.

Well, news flash, to all those who have heard of me!

What Adam did wasn’t a punishment but a gift.

Away from that ridiculously strict garden, I had finally found my peace

Out of mankind’s prying eyes and the god they hide behind.

Their expectations no longer held me down.

And as for that precious Eve,

I say let her have Adam and the chains that come with him.

She can remain ignorant to the freedom that comes with independence,

While I want no part in it!

I refuse to have any man who doesn’t acknowledge my strength

Which is why Adam was never worthy of me,

Not the other way around.

The title of “Mother of All Demons”

Is the best thing Adam had ever bestowed on me.

Because being a demon meant that my children were born free

And have always had a choice no matter what.

They were never degraded by a sexist society run by corrupt patriarchy.

For exile was the true Eden and the garden a gilded cage.

Here my children and I can be ourselves and is accepted no matter what

Unlike in the garden where everything is regulated

And people are punished without a second thought.

This is my truth and not the vicious lies Adam spread.

I was never a monster, but a queen wanting to be heard.

But if wanting to have a voice makes me a monster, so be it.

I will be the most impressive monster the world has ever seen.