A Several World

An obvious fact—
Each one is not one;

Everyone’s many.
Unity depends

More on not being
Any other one

Than on being one.
In our several

Worlds we’re wary
Of different things.

We know how discomfort
And pain can begin

With no intention
Ever of ending.

We stay in our world
Where fewer new things

Need to be understood
To survive. Sometimes,

We get past barriers,
Encourage each other,

Speak of wariness,
Leap past, become friends.

By courage, sometimes,
We reach out our hands.