“After eating the apple, Adam and Eve didn’t realize the gravity of their situation. But gravity was foremost in God’s mind.”
The Gravity of Eden
They stood at the edge of the garden, toes in the dust, hearts in their throats.
The gate behind them was already sealing — slow, silent, final. No thunder. No fire. Just a stillness that felt heavier than punishment.
“We’re not dead,” Eve whispered.
“Not yet,” Adam answered, but even he wasn’t sure if that was mercy or delay.
They looked around. The world outside Eden was not barren — not yet — but it was quieter, duller. The colors were desaturated, like grief had brushed across the land before they arrived.
The wind felt stronger here. It pushed them — gently at first, then with more insistence. Their knees bent. Their feet pressed deeper into the ground.
And that’s when they felt it.
Not shame. That had come earlier.
Not guilt. That came in waves.
This was something else.
Weight.
A new, unfamiliar burden tugged at their limbs. Their spines coiled inward. Their eyes drifted downward. No more effortless strides across dew-soaked fields. Every step now had a cost.
“Why does everything feel… heavier?” Eve asked, holding her stomach as if expecting to birth a planet.
“I think we’ve been given mass,” Adam said slowly, almost apologetically.
“Mass?”
“Yes,” came a voice — not loud, but everywhere.
They turned, expecting to see Him again. But He was already gone.
Only the voice remained.
“You’ve chosen knowledge. With it comes matter. With matter comes gravity. And with gravity comes time.”
“So we’ll die?” Adam asked.
“Eventually. But first, you’ll live — and living is heavier than you think.”
A pause.
“Eden was weightless. Now you must learn to carry the world.”
And just like that, they were alone. Together, but alone.
They walked — slowly at first. Step by step. The ground felt like it was holding onto them, as if trying to remind them of where they came from. Of what they lost.
Above them, stars blinked to life, distant and cold. Below, the Earth accepted them, pulling at their heels with invisible hands.
Eve looked back once, not at Eden, but at the space it left behind. Adam didn’t. He just kept walking, head slightly bowed — not in shame, but in effort.
Because now, for the first time in human history…
Gravity was real.
