Fear vs. Love

How long will this eternal struggle last?
Desire Vs Responsibilty
Control Vs Freedom
Fantasy Vs Reality

Was Adam meant to prevent Eve from eating the fruit?
Be the man, the leader that God made him to be, and stop her curiosity
Limit the heart that yearned for more.

Maybe then we wouldn't be stripped of our “true nature” and stuck in this endless loop of suffering.

Maybe then we wouldn’t have been born sinners, constantly in need of forgiveness and mindful until death of our thoughts and actions because we fear hell.

If Adam had just told Eve no
If you decided not to follow your heart
Would everything have been better?
Or worse?

Or is this eternal struggle not a struggle at all
and just experience
this tug of war
this battlefield of the soul

These scars that I choose define me or don’t
I find myself and lose myself in the same breath

Fear vs Love
How long will this eternal struggle last?
Where is the self control?