Me, Mine, You, And Yours

A Poem by John Anderson

make a new start
it really is time
we've neglected
our bodies and hearts
and focused all on our minds
we've used each other
and all but used up
the gifts from our mother....
we just call her dirt

it really is time to make a new start
to stop and listen to the beat of our heart
to not just run to and fro
but to pay attention as we go
it isn't just our hearts we neglect
but the heart of our mother....
this beloved planet

it's time to use our hearts and minds
to break down these self imposed walls
to help each other... for some
really will not know how to fall
they've been up in their towers
surveying all and ordering from up there
but it's meant they don't know
what goes on down here

it's time to shake hands
and give hugs to each other
to stand on the earth
and feel where our mother
needs to be healed
for she reflects our faults
our cruelty and our insults
for we've treated her like we do each other

and weren't we told long ago
we need to honour our father and mother?
weren't we told long ago
we need to honour and respect each other?
weren't we told long ago
there is no separation or division
that our fathers and mothers
and friends and all others
are one and the same?

yes.... it really is time
to put an end to this game
to know why we're here
because we've forgotten
in all the insanity.....
we've forgotten our mission
and it's so far from our minds
it's time to remember
we're part of humanity

all one....one heart....one mind....

one body....one soul
connected indescribably

with each other and the whole
as long as we live thinking of

me, mine, you and yours
we're destined to keep divided

and so never see
how we can be the loving and peaceful
souls we were put here to be