We bear the mask of a human being

We may look like humans,
but humans possess humanity.
Do we possess it,
the way we treat each other?

We carry within us the pride of an animal
that lives primarily for itself.

Ego and mind are our enemies;
they triumph over us every day.

Humanity is love and compassion,
not hatred and violence.

Anonymous writer

Bridges between us

Whether this or that religion,
this country or that country,
this culture or that culture,
these people or those people,
our commonality is
first and foremost:
We are all human beings.

We get bogged down in secondary issues,
emblems steeped in pride,
which make us all friends or enemies,
and in doing so we forget:
We are all,
first and foremost,
human beings like you and me.

Let us overcome these boundaries
of self-made pride,
of better and worse,
let us reach out to each other,
because we are first and foremost
all human beings on the same planet,
breathing the same air
in the cycle of day and night
under a sun
that does not ask about differences,
but gives us all light and warmth.

Let us build bridges from heart to heart,
taking the sunlight as an example.

Anonymous writer