In the End
There is no us or them
Protons & Neutrons
Shoes & Pavement
Conservatives & Liberals
Chords & Melodies
This & That
Immigrants & Citizens
Can’t I be a cat person and a dog person?
Blacks & Whites
Rain & Shine
Poor & Rich
Male & Female
Vegetarians & Meat Eaters
Did the idea of us or them start with
Homosapien’s & Neanderthal’s?
Or was it when we had to start checking boxes to identify ourselves?
White, not Hispanic
Jewish
Sexually Active
Perhaps when we started adding ist to the end of words
I am a(n)…
Environmentalist
Feminist
Civil Rights Activist
Unitarian Universalist
Artist
Israeli’s & Palestinian’s
both want a peaceful home
Sunni’s & Shia’s
both want to know God
Children & Adults
both need love and laughter
North Koreans & South Koreans
both want to be happy
Bloods & Crips
both have a desire to belong
Prisoners & Jailors
both want to be free
Grandparents & Grandchildren
both like to feel alive
The Sun & The Moon
both float gracefully in the sky
Cats & Dogs
both have a beating heart
Women & Men
both came from the womb of inherent goodness
Night & Day
are one
We All
want a peaceful home
want to know God
need love and laughter
want to be happy
have a desire to belong
want to be free
like to feel alive
float gracefully in the sky
have a beating heart
came from the womb of inherent goodness
Are One
So does it really matter what box we check?
Replace us with we
Replace them with all
Replace us with are
Replace them with one
We All Are One
May this be our beginning