We are the one all tending to the One

God's spark is in everyone 

This is a burden that would sap the life of most

For we would then acknowledge

That where life is

God is

The spark in all of life

And we would then

Look into the eyes of children

Leeched of life

And contemplate

That something or someone

Has extinguished a spark

Linked to the flame within us

It is no wonder that religion makes it easy

For us

Segmenting our salvation

Into chunks we can ingest

With confidence

All the Good Doctor's

Talk

Of none being an island

Is just the musing of a

Dead

Poet

Nothing more

But no we are all part of the same continent

Even when we are in rebellion

And leading lives of bitterness

And pinched anger

And righteous certainty

That is nothing but

Fear writ large

And faith destroyed

We are all one and tending to the one

We are all grasped by the same hand

We are all cared for by the same bright light

We all have Abba living deep inside

Ineffably giving us the endless leash 

Of our own freedom to say no

Until one day we say no to the lives we lead that 

Exclude Abba

And then we live in

Earnest happiness

At last