Another poem of hope
May 07, 2014
NOT THERE YET
When Moshiach comes
everyone will celebrate
interdependence day.
We'll line the streets
for a parade of children
leading lion cubs and lambs,
wave flags emblazoned
with our blue-green earth
against the star-spangled void.
All the world's marching bands
with their gleaming epaulettes
will play anthems in counterpoint.
On that day we'll remember
that every molecule on earth
is made of the same stardust.
All humanity is responsible
for one another. The trees
breathe out what we breathe in.
The only way
to get it together
is together.
The idea that every molecule on earth is made of stardust comes from a recent episode of the show Cosmos, hosted by Neil DeGrasse Tyson.
"All humanity is responsible / for one another" is a riff on the Talmudic phrase Kol yisrael arevim zeh bazeh, "All Israel is/are responsible for one another."
"The only way to get it together is together" is a quote from Reb Zalman.