Numbers divide and diminish
But never to finish in only a zero,
Because a number is more than just a zero.
It can be not just an accounting of debits or credits,
It can also be an accounting of food, friends and family.
Do we divide numbers or do we divide people?
When we divide numbers we shouldn’t divide people.
Unlike numbers, when people are divided
It can feel like less than zero.
So we divide numbers for people not of people.
We divide food, we divide shelter, we divide opportunity.
We divide hope
And in these numbers we divide, we become more than zero
We divide.
Nice poem, Marija!
ReplyDeleteCan hope be divided? Is it diminished if it is shared -- or not?
I like the idea that we become more than zero by sharing, and feel like less than zero when we divide ourselves.