Images of You and Me

I love you who are here and near And I love you who are there so far Our dear Father has planned it this way And now happily His we are, and always will be The mere thought of you, my brother, my sister, causes me to weep Throughout history, our promises and treaties have been hard to keep We are still separated by valleys and pits so deep But we must stay in the race as we walk, run, and leap And we must continue to climb the hills and mountains so steep Though sometimes we are lost, tired, and weak There is still time to find the peace we seek One God, one face, is all that I see Divided and disconnected is no way to be Let’s find a way to reconnect and live free There’s a mirror revealing love to be the key In his image are you and me This poem was written more than 12 years ago. It was occasioned by the feeling I experienced after meeting a person from another country and different cultural background. I felt a kindred spirit which gave birth to this poem.