None of Us Is All of Us

Ant plus ant plus ant — a colony Neuron plus neuron — a thought Bird plus bird plus bird — a shape across the sky And the shape is there

None of us is all of us None of us is all of us But all of us is something More than we could be alone

A cell becomes a heartbeat A word becomes a poem A note becomes a melody When the other notes come home

Cities emerge from strangers choosing To stay in the same place long enough Markets emerge from people trading Languages from people needing to be understood

So what are we making right now That we can't see yet What shape are we drawing That only the future gets to see

One voice in a room Is a voice A thousand voices in a room Is a weather system

None of us is all of us But all of us Right now Is something new