You have not gone
You have not gone
I contain you
All that came forth
Unto now
The broken promises
Treaties made
Alliances brought to bear
Discoveries borrowed
Bodies buried
In mass graves
Suicides never watched
Emotions never rescued
Until consciences
Were weighed against
Progress
Giants and prophets
Too easily toppled
In favour of a quick return
I am all of you
The peacemaker
Asking for tolerance
Misheard in the clamour
For superiority
The artists and poets ignored
The lovers rendered apart
As mismatches were proclaimed
In a jealous rage
By zealots and bigots
Partnered in hatred
Of the difference
Between one thing
And another
You have not gone
I contain you all
You are my sister
I am your brother
We are connected
In more than terminology
Lost in bureaucracy
Our impact is dissipated
In varying degrees
To maintain
A status quo
No one wants to own
Stripped to the bone
We are reliant on
The good grace
Of the receptive
To remind us
The human race
Is a collective
Of like minds
And I contain
You all.