Verdant fields need the rain, but also the sun
Life responds to both and depends on each
A duality of necessity, a melding of purpose,
A lesson to teach

We need each other in our communities--
      and the communities need us.
We are finite, limited, incomplete, 
absent all the skills needed for the
      common good,
skills our brothers and sisters possess
Tolerance recognizes our interdependence
      and our independence,
It's the virtue that lets us live together,
      but be ourselves

The greater good is unification, inclusion
A single principle for diverse elements.
The nonsensical question that unifies:
"An apple falls, does the moon?" asked
      Isaac Newton
Lesser minds parse and carp,
Greater ones unify.

We are the verdant fields needing rain and sun
But unlike plots of grass we need each other.