Redefining a Common Humanity OR Diversity, no Argument for Separatism

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As the world continues to struggle with the COVID-19 coronavirus, life goes on, and gears little resemblance to what we have come to expect as 'normal.' So too, though, does love go on and, in many cases, over and above what we may have come to expect from family, friends and neighbours. Yes, there will always be certain fences that refuse to be mended and bridges that will resist any rebuilding ... but that's life. Let's face it, if it's true that where there's a will there's a way ... the will is not always there, for whatever reasons, and the way continues to be blocked by all concerned. At the same time, it sometimes takes a time of crisis for the human spirit to come into its own, spreading its message of peace, hope and love wherever mind-body-spirit is up for receiving it.

For those of us managing to survive the coronavirus, rarely has that message been more important even - if not especially - where we have lost loved ones. Regardless of any religious beliefs, regular readers will know that I not only believe that love never dies, but also that it triggers a continuum in which we all actively participate across centuries; a posthumous consciousness in the form of precious memories inspiring mind-body-spirit to live and love in as positive a way possible, lending past-present-future a new dimension, bringing the best of human nature together for a common good.

Optimistic? Well, yes, maybe, but we free-thinking poets like to draw on a sense of spirituality that embraces everything and everyone regardless of any socio-cultural-religious dogma or philosophy. Since its helping my recovery from a bad mental breakdown back in the 1970's, I have drawn on that same spirit more than ever, and can but trust that - for all my human  flaws, faults and weaknesses -
I am a stronger and kinder human being it. 

(Well, they do say that hope springs eternal.) wry bardic grin

Thinking of and rooting for you all here,

Wishing us all love and peace,

Roger

REDEFINING A COMMON HUMANITY or DIVERSITY, NO ARGUMENT FOR SEPARATISM

Brought together
to help one another in such times
of trouble and strife,
come families, friends, neighbours,
(even strangers)
acting on better, kinder instincts
generated by an ecology
of human nature denied full nurture
under layers of psychology

Pulling together
whatever archives may have to say
about a chequered past,
since not every historian holds back
on assumptions
wherever evidence circumstantial,
open to interpretation
by various socio-cultural-religious bias
and political persuasion

Working together,
has to beat dragging each other down,
acting on a principle
of ‘better safe than sorry’ in a world
where walls and fences
invoke ‘live’ metaphors for separatism,
duly put aside wherever
humankind’s natural instincts for nurture
finds it acting for the better 

Coming together,
kindness, selflessness, good neighbours,
defying world prejudices,
recognizing we are a common humanity,
all in much the same boat
when all the lights go out, better to keep
them on while we can,
trust Earth’s finer life forms to safer hands,
a more forgiving generation?

Copyright R. N. Taber, 2020
(London UK, April 8^th)