These wars, on every scale –
out in our world, within our homes,
within our hearts,
can cease as we can understand:
we aren’t defined in opposition

And there can be no right
when someone else is wrong  –
the more we pull that thread,
the more it tugs at us,
and tells us – just a little more –
more force, and we can win –
a fearsome snarl that has no end

These wars can cease
as we can understand:
we are defined in oneness.
Infinity, to be unveiled,
requires us all to send light
in the same direction  –
light up each other and ourselves
in one grand whole.

©Wendy Mulhern
September 16, 2023