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We are not separate
Something about us that is together—
We are not fully ourselves
When we separate ourselves from others
We are one
There is one life
& that life is sometimes called God

What do I mean? What do I see?
Salvation is no individual thing:
It has to do with all of us

If there is one of us left behind
We are all left behind
When one clod is cut off from the continent
The continents are impoverished
We must take up our role as part of each other,
Others as part of us.
For if we say it matters little to us if
Some bum or criminal is left outside
We have not love
We have not life
If we will not meet, we are not met
If we meet not, we are not

Salvation is no individual thing,
It has to do with all of us.
The world is larger than
The horizon we cast with our physical eyes
There is one universe, many tunes, many
Rhythms, many palettes
Each tone and shading is necessary for the
Whole work to be
A broken bowl holds no nourishment
A lap gone away nurtures no babe
If the world does not work for one person
The world does not work
Heaven is what we do here
For all of us

:- Doug.