Declaration of Interdependence
On this day
of celebrating
independence,
I declare
interdependence
a new truth
to be held
self-evident,
humanity
created free,
interdependent
on each other;
I declare
what defeats
and hurts
any human,
anywhere,
also defeats
and hurts me;
suppression
in any corner
of Earth
suffocates,
narrows
the air of the
whole planet:
like uncontrolled
emissions
the anguish
of those yearning
to breathe free
one day
may vanquish
all of us
unless we free
ourselves
to declare
on this first Day
of Interdependence:
“No one is free
until all of us
are free!”