Unity & Equity
Roots go deep, spread wide,
weave and braid with other roots,
link forces, find fuel.
Plaited, intertwined,
trees’ tall branches reaching out
strengthen the forest.
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From their unity,
browns, greens, water, make compost,
fertilize the soil.
From our unity,
virtues shall germinate, grow,
feed, help heal the ground.
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Committed to peace,
we partake in the crops’ feast.
In fraternity.
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We’re a solution.
We move forward together.
No, not one step back!
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By adding ourselves,
we multiply our chances.
Solidarity.
By opening up,
daring, bold, vulnerable,
we extend, expand
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Wars waged ‘round the world.
Sadly we humans forget
that we’re all neighbors.
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We’re one of a kind,
and life is not a contest.
Thus, may we be kind.
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Kin we are, yes, all.
Homo sapiens earthlings.
Join hands, fuse forces.
Kin we are, yes, all.
Kindred spirits we all are.
One of a kind, kind.
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Give mutual aid,
keep each other company.
Support, sages say.
We are not alone.
We are all one, sages say.
With thou, and with Good.
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The liminal space
between us is luminous.
Light is brighter there.
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All whole and holy,
when we light each other’s ways,
keep each other warm.
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Together we rise,
like the swells, the sun, the dough.
When we are ready.
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‘We’ means all of us.
and ‘us’ means everyone.
Without exceptions.
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May we dare to care,
to tend to those who need it.
No one left behind.
May we dare to share,
to ensure all get a chance.
No one left without.
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May we extirpate
ignorance, hatred and greed.
Day by day by day.
May we get rid of
the prejudice pandemic.
Starting with ourselves.
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Justice, joy, yes, yes!
Aspirations for our world.
North Star for our work.
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Yes, eradicate
injustice, harmful isms.
Weeding every day.
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Walking and weeding,
no matter what's happening,
keep us wise and woke.
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May our voices, joined,
become votes for good, justice.
A virtuous vision.
May our heads, hands, linked,
be fuel for fairness’ furnace.
A valiant vision.
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Risky, radical.
Together for a fair world.
Daring awesome feats.
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‘United we can,’
reads the rally sign they made.
May justice prevail.
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They take chances, risks,
willing to lose health, life, all,
for all earthlings’ rights.
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They paid a high price.
In full, with high interest.
We're better for it.
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How much for justice?
It’s not free, but sets us free
from fear’s, greed’s bondage.
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Flag, faith, family
are not private property.
They belong to all.
Our patriotism,
our freedom, our liberty,
are not to be sold.
Nobody can claim
what is public property.
Joy, justice jackpot!
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Divide all fairly.
May love set us free from greed.
What is fair, is fair.
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Justice, equity,
empathy and unity.
Solidarity.
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What is fair and just,
is noble, virtuous, wise.
And better for all!
