Before any form
Of consciousness
There is pure
Consciousness
That without form
Came before
That which is form
Before any form
Of consciousness
There is pure
Consciousness
That without form
Came before
That which is form
Before I was
I was with Christ
When I am no more
I will be with Christ
Where he is I am
From the death of one
Springs eternal life
That which was
Came from
What it would become
And what it would become
Came after what it was
Now how could that be?
If what it was
Came from
What it would become
Then what it would become
Would have to come before—
Not after—
What it was
So how is it
That which
Came before
Comes after
St. John 1:15
“…He that comes after me is preferred before me: for he was before me.”
St. Matthew 19:30
“But many that are first shall be last; and the last shall be first.”