The Sixth Commandment

VI.      “Thou shall not commit adultery." 

Reflections on God’s view of Adam’s trail
confirms the truth of papal seasons malice
since man’s first test was scored,
	and man did fail
to guard his gift of paradise’s palace.
	One mortal more adored,
	one sharp command ignored
	endorsed the Holy Grail,
ordained the Cross to fill that silver chalice.

And what is Truth but pain, and constant yearning
to draw into a fetal station curled 
away from Adam’s legacy concerning
the penalties imposed on Adam’s world? 

Lust must not meddle in Baal’s providence.
God’s gifts are measured by intrinsic trust
without regard of passion’s recompense
from natal day to Scripture’s nether dust. 

Seek not for sensual gifts at the expense
of falling from the warmth of God’s embrace.
Carnal desire, no matter how intense 
grows cold when viewed from Tartarean space.

Embrace the Loving Cup that Christ retrieved 
to overcome the agony of waiting.  
God knows His own, and each has been conceived 
by Him to share that first exquisite mating
of man and God in unity; unqualified impunity
to Adam’s trap through Satan’s endless baiting. 

From Eden’s gate to immortality
man hungers for forbidden gifts from Eve;
bound by the weight of sensuality,
	and Adam’s guilt,
and God’s simnel reprieve. 

The Curator’s Notes: In this poem on the Sixth Commandment (“Thou shalt not commit adultery”) takes an unexpected approach—it’s not primarily about sexual infidelity between spouses, but about humanity’s “adultery” against God through choosing created things (especially sensual/carnal desires) over the Creator. The ultimate adultery is abandoning God for lesser loves. It’s a meditation that elevates the Sixth Commandment beyond “don’t cheat on your spouse” to “don’t cheat on God with anything created.” All sin is ultimately a form of adultery—preferring something other than God.