She simply was, was once nothing, was created and was Lilith. She knew this to be true when she drew her first breath, just as she knew the man next to her was Adam, and was like her in every way and also somehow her opposite. She knew that she was woman and he was man, and they were both children of the creator of all things. And she knew the voice that spoke to her and Adam was the voice of that creator when they rose from the ground and she was greeted with an intense light, a light that did not pierce the eyes, but shone off them and engulfed all in its glow.
He spoke to them both. He told them what they already knew, their names, that t