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Interdependence is extraordinary

An ordinary day begins Make a cup of coffee Watch the sun rise The lonely ticking clock Watch the minutes make an arc The extraordinary dismissed How long till the day is over Never in history are we this alone Never knowing vastness Some never know closeness Give up togetherness today Give up even on emptiness I am the void and avoid Nowhere to run from me No choice but to be ordinary Let loose the lonely demon Give my chiding angel a break Let them watch the star with me The careless sun circumambulates Around those happy people Around the lonesome waiting Without judgment, we all go round War and peace are ordinary Pour a glass of wine at dusk Make a toast to the receding sun Alone I try to find company in one At least the sun and I make two But, the setting sun leaves me The moon fails to show up If only I could be like them Ordinary like nothing in the universe All of us special in the vastness Crowded by simple lives Me unable to comprehend Interdependence is Extraordinary

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