Genesis I or Genesis II?

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Genesis I or Genesis II?
— a poem by J Woodruff Smith

Where did it begin,
This concept called you?
Genesis I, or Genesis II?
If you know what’s what, 
Do you know who’s who?

In Genesis I in the 26th verse
There's a man with never a taint of a curse.
But in Genesis II, verse number seven
There's a dust man conceived...
He'll never see heaven.

So it all boils down
To which one you claim.
What thou see'st thou be'st...
So, what is your name?

If you're Genesis I,
Then you know what you're worth,
For according to law
You'll inherit the earth.

But if you're just a mortal
And made out of dust...
Is there anything to you
That's worthy of trust?

No! The thing they call man
In Genesis II
Is the dream of the dreamer;
It never was you.

So know who you are,
take your place in the sun,
You're the immortal man [manifestation]
Of Genesis I.¹

See also Inseverability

Waves of the Ocean

[1] Adapted by Lona Ingwerson, What does poetry have to do with healing? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFkmheoBCLE&t=1641s • 02.17.2022

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