The Same: Parts I and II

The Same

Part I: The Dilemma

By-and-by banality
Commencing triviality
Dispensing consummation minus blame,
Admitting that the flesh remains the same.

High-strung technicality
Infinite finality
Smothering the bright Utopian flame,
Admitting that the mind remains the same.

Immense this human burden of debasing shame
Throughout the bulk of time it has remained.

I had no name
The day I came.
We all remain the same.

Part II: The Solution

Incredible reality
Renewing true totality
Igniting passion’s fervent inner you,
Realizing that the spirit lives anew.

Immense the human burden of debasing shame
Throughout the bulk of time the plan sustained.

He took our blame
Gave us his name
And now I’m not the same.

         Part I 1980 (before) (written in 1980)
         Part II 1984 (after) (written in 2005)