Seeds of fortitude
I am you
yes you are me
and she is him
as they are you
See us and them
we are all one
just one and all
not all but one
alone none
All hands on deck
aflame our capsizing boat
lonely sinking only planet
Sing the song
voiceless choir
drowned thirsty starved
scared scattered numb
The band plays on
cue-less
Hopeless yet joyful
Joyless yet hopeful
Self-fulfilled prophecies
of doom and gloom
and ruin abound
Around the world
the same clock ticks
tricks us altogether
now or never
too late
to despair
Beyond disrepair
we lie
to ourselves
to others
Together always
we owe everything
to struggles everywhere
With just the right time
left to us still alive
we may break this
collision course
cruising out of control
Curse the fools who pretend to play gods
Pray we can wholeheartedly
free the earth and its goods again
sharing them evenly
amongst ourselves
And what’s more
between present solitudes
seeds of fortitude shall grow
kinship out of past foes
On the horizon somewhere
common ground may hold
a future ripe to reap
