We few represent a scant minority
among a multitude of majorities
each attempting to bridge the gap of
understanding through the seemingly
unbridgeable chasm of culture, history
ethnicity and religion to find within
one another the essential humanity
shed of suspicion and fear to recognize
commonalities and accept divergences
as best we are able considering ourselves
obligated by the spirit of humanness
to make the effort to the consternation
and condemnation of all those for whom
the divide leading to hostility and anger
must remain, feeding the chaos of deep
resentment and the ever-present danger
of violence between two solitudes bred
to view the other as existential threats.
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