Song of Man

I was here from the moment of the beginning, ______ here I am still.
And I shall remain here ______ the end of the world,
For there is no ______ to my grief-stricken being.

I roamed the infinite sky, ______ soared in the ideal world, and floated through the firmament.
But here I am, prisoner of measurement.

I heard ______ teachings of Confucius;
I listened to Brahma’s wisdom;
I ______ by Buddha under the Tree of Knowledge.
Yet here ______ am, existing with ignorance and heresy.

I was on ______ when Jehovah approached Moses;
I saw the Nazarene’s miracles ______ the Jordan;
I was in Medina when Mohammed visited.
______ here I am, prisoner of bewilderment.

Then I witnessed ______ might of Babylon;
I learned of the glory of Egypt;
I viewed the warring greatness of Rome.
Yet my ______ teachings showed the weakness and sorrow of those achievements.

______ conversed with the magicians of Ain Dour;
I debated ______ the priests of Assyria;
I gleaned depth from the ______ of Palestine.
Yet, I am still seeking truth.

I ______ wisdom from quiet India;
I probed the antiquity of Arabia;
I heard all that can be heard.
Yet, my ______ is deaf and blind.

I suffered at the hands ______ despotic rulers;
I suffered slavery under insane invaders;
I ______ hunger imposed by tyranny;
Yet, I still possess some ______ power with which I struggle to greet each day.

______ mind is filled, but my heart is empty;
My ______ is old, but my heart is an infant.
Perhaps ______ youth my heart will grow,
But I pray to ______ old and reach the moment of my return to God.
Only then will my heart fill!

I was here ______ the moment of the beginning, and here I am still.
And I shall remain here until the end of ______ world,
For there is no ending to my grief-stricken being.

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