There is a longing

For something greater

Something grander

That we can be

A longing for community

For true belonging

For debate, exchange and friction

That can be dissolved into acceptance, forgiveness and trust

There is a longing for our own potential

To that fuller life we all know we could live

That imbued with meaning and purpose

In service of others, in creative expression, in pursuit of truth

There is a longing for emancipation

From all the waste we find ourselves in

Waste of time, waste of food, waste of opportunities

That waste our souls away bit by bit

There is a longing for regeneration

That can heal us from our traumas

And the traumas we caused onto the world

Freeing us from pain into wholesomeness

There is a longing for reunion

For the integration of left and right

Of arts and sciences

Of men and women

Of humans and nature

Of matter and spirit

A reunion with ourselves

I long to live in this world

My heart knows it's possible

Where all have their needs met

And the capacity to learn, to play, to express

Where we can find our paths and one another

Where we all can be the fuller version of ourselves

Faith is to believe what we cannot yet see

Pragmatism is to see what we don't wish to believe

By integrating both we can find the ways

One (billion) human(s) at a time

One (billion) poem at a time

We'll get there