I saw a garden in bloom
Where birds sang an everlasting chorus
Where streams shine under the moon
Pouring into the river of life around us
In the Garden there was life
There was life unopposed
A trove of blessings within our grasp
But our fists were simply closed
We creatures, in pride we dwell
Holding what we cannot fathom
We leave paradise for a seashell
Forsaking glory for a chasm
A distant memory of the songbirds
A whisper of wind in the trees
Carries the melody of former freedoms
Yet a curse still binds our knees
We try to crawl back to the Garden
To the place we always crave
Yet the pain that is our burden
Seeks to draw us to the grave
There will be another Garden
This one better than before
One where hearts will never harden
With only love forevermore
I remember the former Garden
The one I left in arrogance
Yet I know there’s hope of pardon
In my land of inheritance
In this wondrous land abounding
There are animals ever sweet
Where the beast is but a friend
And the birds there always tweet
I see the green grass meadows
Where birds and beasts play
By stingless bee and thornless rose
Away from want and care and pain
There will be another Garden
This one better than before
One where hearts will never harden
With only love forevermore