POEM STARTER
Human souls are part of a pattern too large to see in each individual. Together, we form something greater than we can imagine.
Write a poem based on this idea. It can be loosely related, but should focus on the theme of individuals vs. togetherness.
Us
Us, apart-
Seven billion loose ends of string
Bordering a roughly knitted quilt,
Pieces left unstrung, forgotten,
Maiden hand moving on.
A mile’s length of sand
On charred, abandoned beach,
Each grain a lonely planet
Among a universe filled with too many more.
But us, together-
Thirty thousand strands woven tightly in a knot,
Thirty thousand knots embroidered into a design,
Each miniscule length of string
Only a piece of something greater.
We are a writhing, heaving mass,
A thundercloud marching across angry skies,
Not seven billion drops of rain
But a single pattern dancing in the air.
