03/31/2023
Poem: Common Ground
I want to elevate the debate
to a level where listening lives
where nuance is known
and we ask questions
with no easy answers
I want to meet where we know
that most perspectives
contain only partial truths
where together
we risk our rightness
in service of a deeper wisdom
I want to release
the reoccurring ideology
wars that nobody wins
so we can drop
from head to heart
and produce a truce
Maybe down here
beneath all the noise
we will notice
that our feet
are standing
on common ground
- Laura Loescher
