And, in His image, God created me [the man] and ‘they’ [male and female] were created and called ‘them’ in me [the man] that God created.  God formed me from the dust of the ground and breathed into my nostrils the breath of life.

And, I became a living soul; and the Lord God said, ‘It is not good for me to be alone [for me to be visible without myself the help meet].  Therefore, I will make [manifest and visible] for him, his help meet [a perfect fit for him, from within him].  So, the Lord caused me to fall into a deep sleep.

While I was sleeping, God took one of my ribs and then closed me up.  And the rib that God took from me was called woman.  As it was, God had already created her [my rib, my woman, my help meet] in me.  Consequently, God took me [the help meet] out of me [the man] so that I may behold myself [my rib, my woman, my help meet].

And when I looked upon the beauty and wonderful creation of me [called woman, the help meet that was in me and is now living with and beside me], I spoke life to myself [the woman] and proclaimed…

…THIS IS NOW [at this instant, without delay] bone of my bone, flesh of my flesh, blood of my blood, marrow of my marrow, heart of my heart, soul of my soul, spirit of my spirit, love of my love, because she was taken out of me.

We [the man, the rib, the woman, the help meet] were naked, and I and my self [her, my wife] were not ashamed.  She is me, I am her; we are male and female; we are them and they; we are he and her; we together are ‘One’!

© April 7, 2007, Angela M. Smith