Tectonic Plates of Society
As the tectonic plates shift
The ground beneath us.
New mountains of behaviour
Push upwards as cultures clash.
Mountain ranges of compassion,
Volcanoes of cooperation,
Peaks of altruism,
Earthquakes of respect.
The old layers of populism,
The fossilised strata of greed,
The crushed remains of selfishness,
Are fractured, bent and buried.
As the old separation is replaced
By new togetherness,
And the old hostilities
Are suffocated with love.
Opher – 29.3.2020