What Have We Learned Poem by Jim Yerman

As we walk barefoot in the sand we quickly come to understand
a lesson we would love to teach
That an enlightened grain of sand is one that comes to understand
she or he…that grain of sand…she is the beach…

As we walk along the shore…we find when we explore
an awareness…a belief…a simple notion
That an enlightened wave upon the sea is much more than symmetry
for he or she…that single wave of water…is the ocean.

When we walk out in the rain…we quickly ascertain
a thought we feel obligated to explain
How an enlightened drop of rain…can easily maintain
That he, or she..one drop of water…is the rain

When we walk under the trees..and see leaves swaying in the breeze
it is there we feel quite emphatically
how each enlightened leaf…has a singular belief…
they are more than just one leaf…they are the tree.

So before this poem adjourns…what is it we have learned
from the sand, the ocean, the rain, and from the tree.
That to be an enlightened human being…we must all begin by seeing
How each and every one of us…is humanity