Everyone Else

The ants saunter by

In a uniformed line

Working in unison to feed their colony

There is no prejudice

There is no hatred

They all work in peace

An arrow of geese slices the air

They stay close for protection

They are on the same mission

They fly in formation as one

A pack of wolves scamper through the woods

On their way to a lone deer

They move as one unit

One brain shared among them

There are no questions

And no complaints

Bullets splinter the air

Bodies are strewn across the barren ground

The peace is gone

War has settled among us

We don’t agree

They don’t want help

Nobody listens

Nobody survives

It does not have to be like this

We can all read the same book,

Sing the same song,

And the share the same dream

Arguments can be resolved without war

But getting to that place takes work

That place has a name

The place where all become one,

And one become all.

It is called the future.