Union

We cannot grow our worlds in petri dishes
Each individual and set apart.
No more can we determine them by wishes
As needs no telling to a broken heart.
We live together in a common space
A culture we both constitute and share
(Although it would be false upon the face
To claim we all are thus made equal there).
Within this common world, make common cause
For only we together can make change:
Our social rules are not eternal laws
And though mere wishes may not rearrange
Our world, collective common action can
And has, since first this common world began.