Web of disconnection

I fear that we are caught

In a tangled web of disconnection,

Where the essential characteristics

Of humanity that link us, each to each,

And to our natural surroundings 

Lead us not to integration and community;

To the common ground that unites us all,

But rather to division;

A dead end that leaves our shattered selves

Flattened, isolated, broken,

And unable to resist the larger forces

That threaten to ride roughshod over all.

How can we begin to blur

That deep groove that divides us

And focus on exposing 

The  bonds that flow between us:

Restoring our awareness

Of all the ways we are alike, 

The depth and the magnitude

Of the concerns that we share,

And the spirit that enlivens  

Each and every precious atom of creation.