Extended Sonnet on the Universal Soul

Extended Sonnet on the Universal Soul

By: Wendi L.

Embedded in the fabric of mankind, Lie lone threads, seemingly individual.

An universal soul hidden, entwined, Makes the essence of our hearts co lingual.

But I don’t pretentiously sermonize,

I am aware of the world’s disregard:

Our disinterest to abolitionize

That discrepancy which leaves kinship charred.

I deliver trivial gestures, promote

Acceptance, kinship, assimilation. Sharing mooncakes, age-old folklore, denotes

My yearning to spread my culture, nation.

Handing out bean paste baozi: they can guess

Past this provincial life, others exist.

Our distant cousins, through the looking glass,

Living the disparagement that persists. We’re one genus, one species, connected, However vast the chasm between worlds.

When our material gains are neglected, Belies the myth of our kindred, unfurled. Tolerance of  diversity is key,

Acceptance of  differences is hope.

I’m a global citizen; I decree:

What matters is the <3 desire, not the scope.

We don’t have to be great, even beyond, to work towards a universal bond