The pinnacle of empathos
and the foundry of morality:
If one follows the golden rule
consider any meaning
gleamed from inverse reciprocity
also to be true,
It's contrast
not detracting from one's world-view.

Is to love the way we would be loved
quite so simple?
Questing to find
something
to fill the void
[lying] deep inside of us.
The search for meaning is
absurdity that seeks healing.

Billions of conscious beings in this verse
all chasing hopeful concepts
while those very thoughts
race through all of us.

*To understand each other is
to share in something  intangible and transcendental.