“Before We Knew” is the emotional suspension point of Eden. It follows the fullness of “The Garden” but narrows the focus inward. The world is still intact, but something in the air has shifted. Not visibly. Not audibly. Just subtly.
The staging becomes intimate. Eden feels smaller. Personal. The lighting softens. Movement slows. The choreography simplifies to proximity and shared stillness.
The light would fall and we would stay,
No thought of end, no edge to day.
The wind would move but never warn,
No shadow stretched, no distance torn
The ground would hold without demand,
No future written in the sand.
Each breath arrived and simply was,
No question asked for what it does.
We did not measure what might fade,
We did not fear what might be made.
Every morning felt the same –
Alive without a name.
Before we knew what loss could be,
Before we felt the weight of “leave,”
We walked in light that did not bend,
With no beginning, no sharp end.
Before we knew the cost of choice,
Before we learned to guard the voice,
We stood inside a steady view –
The world was whole
Before we knew.
Whole.
No echo carried hidden tone,
No silence felt like we were alone.
The sky did not withhold its blue,
It did not ask what we would do.
No thought of fracture in the seam,
No waking from a breaking dream.
We did not lean beyond the line,
We did not test the edge of time.
Nothing restless in our hands,
Nothing slipping through the plans.
Every step without review –
Nothing to undo.
Before we knew what loss could be,
Before we felt the weight of “leave,”
We walked in light that did not bend,
With no beginning, no sharp end.
Before we knew the cost of choice,
Before we learned to guard the voice,
We stood inside a steady view –
The world was whole
Before we knew.
If I could freeze the breath right here-
If I could keep the sky this near-
But nothing held is meant to stay
If hands forget the way
Before we knew.
