Self-isolation
the sharpening
of contemplation


not a rebuke
but humility
and transformation

nothing
is now the same
the hardest transition

the self
looks at itself
in revaluation

reaching out
in common humanity
and compassion

the past revisited
nostalgia
in recollection

pettiness and trivia
set aside
birth of a new vision

a strange unity
when differences are set aside
in common supplication

mankind
as family
one nation

when things
come together
the celebration

tried and purified
the human heart
reaches its highest dimension.