THE ONE AND NOT THE OTHER:
WE ARE A GROUP OF ONE
(The report from the other world)
This pandemic has illuminated a lot…
what has to go, what has to stay,
and what needed to be remembered.
We share this bright blue ball in an endless sky.
Infinity is as far as the eye cannot see, both in and out.
If we take the time now given to us and look deep within ourselves,
we will act accordingly abroad.
This is not our forever home.
We’re here temporarily, renting if you want.
We cannot own a part of this planet, we cannot subdivide.
We share space, earth, air, breath.
EVERYTHING we do affects the other.
When the focus shifts from ME and ME to US, things will change.
But “I want to go to the beach!” “I want to go shopping!” “These are MY rights!”
When we act out of selfishness, even in the name of freedom, it becomes greed.
We are kids throwing tantrums because we don’t get what we want.
Beneath the mask we don’t want to wear
it is another mask that we must remove, revealing our community.
Forget acting like an adult
It acts like an antibody.
It’s our job now.
Respect your elders, protect your elders.
Nobody is expendable.
Looking back and wishing for the past is not productive.
It was not working.
We can no longer plan for the future when we have no idea what it could be.
We have been humiliated by a virus, by a germ,
Leaving us with nothing but this moment.
All we have is now.
Things will never be the same on planet Earth.
And thank God for that.
This is kindergarten material that we should have learned the first time.
We are being given another chance.
We cannot follow the leader.
We need to be one.
So remember your childhood rhythms and adjust accordingly.
This little piggy went to the market (for someone else).
This little piggy stayed home (for someone else).
This little pig had roast beef
This little pig had none (soon he can’t have any either,
but if you have it, please SHARE..)
And this little piggy went WEE, WEE, WEE (WE?) all the way home!
Ashes ashes, we ALL fall.
Using I-sight, we are blind.
We need to change from ME to US.
This too shall pass and so shall we.
In the meantime, speak quietly and drop the stick.
We are a group of ONE.
We have gone viral.
BE the antibody.