The First Prayer

by GraemeMark

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This was written after a short snapshot poem that came to me one day-

I was not there on that day
When the first man
Who was a man
Stopped
Looked down at his hands
Extended his neck towards heaven
And screamed "What am I?!"
I was not there
But it was on that day
That I became a God

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The First Prayer

I was not there on that day
When the first real man was heard to say
As he looked down at his hands
And stretched his neck from where he was standing
To the clouds

"What am I that you gave these hands to me
Put these lands under my command
What am I that I stretch to you my neck
You must have known what was next
When you breathed your breath into me"

His question grows like cancer
He wants to find the answer
Head spinning with the earth wherein
You will find him always searching
And once more he looks to the sky
And he screams

"What am I that you gave these hands to me
Put these lands under my command
What am I that I stretch to you my neck
You must have known about death
When you breathed your breath into me"

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released February 18, 2012

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