Humanity's a Shared Identity

before the universe began or time created earth there was a light from which things came above all mortal turf it's the light that is our home it works through wisdom and not force it's the source not just of born things but birth itself and every verse the light's writing this poem reading it too from word first to word last the light takes form in this poem and all that's present, future, past the light takes form in you the light takes form in me it takes form in all humanity the earth, the sky, and sea by☀️

Inward Sky's a place A place within the mind A place above all places A place beyond all time Inward Sky's a place Where all wisdom's been won A place above the moon A place beyond the sun Inward Sky's a place A place that's proud and high But there's a more important place It's the earth where people cry Inward Sky's a place A place whose God is wisdom But without love wisdom's just a business Seek the signs of the dove The dove has flown through Inward Sky And every height above But prefers to stay right by the earth The signs of the dove are peace and love Signs of the Dove ✌️❤️ By Kristen's dolly and Ephraim C. Levine, two crazy old hippies

Besuty's a thing Though duty is too Something inside us sings Of a deeper truth There's a kind of beauty That comes from the soul It's a sign from the inside That we each are whole There's a beauty inside us That rivals the stars Something shines here on earth It's really not far Something shines that is human It looks just like us Every man, every woman Every Gilda and Gus Something shines uniquely. In every person it is not a thing That requires rehearsing Freely it shines it is undisguised You cannot miss it It's there in your eyes There in Your Eyes 👀 by Ephraim C. Levine and Kristen's dolly

There's just one God in heaven But there are many people God's a holy being But humanity's our steeple Wisdom is a fine fine thing And God knows every why But living things require love And don't just think but cry The mind's a fine fine thing And to think is to know But a mind must have a heart And a heart needs love to grow And Don't Just Think But Cry 😿 by Kristen's dolly and Ephraim C. Levine

I can't change the world but I can help Inside me there's a treasure Made not of dollars but gems of the soul Wealth beyond all outward measure I can't change things but can't let them Stay sunk in their despair For I know of a thing called Hope That lifts the soul up to a height that's rare I can't change things but can't let them Remain in cynics' dark, dark lair For I Know of a sunny, open land Where to live idealists dare There Love and Peace rule unashamed And Truth his deep soul bares Hate and war endure no more And lies all disappear You may say I simply dream But dreams aren't sleepy things But where hopes the world has never seen Wake up and start to sing 🎶🎶🎶 I can't change the world 😉 By Ephraim C. Levine and Kristen's dolly

one lone me can't change a world but many me's together can for me's together make a we like fingers on a hand one lone me can't change a world but all me's together can for all me's together ARE the world every woman, every man one lone me can't change a world but together we all can for togetherness needs no other world humanity's its own land its own land 💜🌍 by kristen's dolly and ephraim c. levine

abstraction is my passion detachment is my love the mean world drives me crazy but my heart's a peaceful dove i may seem cold, just miles away but inside me there is gold my peaceful soul's a treasure to which i calmly hold eihraim c. levine

We're part of each other This we barely know For capitalism tries to force us all to be foes And not to know what each child knows Sharing is basic to our very nature Not simply a feature We're like one human being Who without sharing can't grow We're part of each other This we truiy know Born to be friends And really never can forget what each child knows What Each Child Knows by Ephraim C. Levine and Kristen's dolly

Live and let live Your whole heart you must give Open your mind Make room for people in all places and climes Live and iet live For though we're all part of humanity Each of us is unique With his ot her own identity Live and let live We all have inner worlds Mime's green, yours is blue Both worlds are true Green's a fine color So too is blue Red's not bad either The colors that light up our worlds are not few Live and Let Live ❤️🌍 by Kristen's dolly and Ephraim Levine

All things however different Live together in the Now Crows and circles, comets, cars All people near and far  All things however different  Live together in the Now It's a funny place with lots of space A time that nothing bars Though things are very different they live together in the Now Nothing there's deficient A cart's not a failed cow Horses don't need wings And birds do not need hooves A pear need not sing like a bird Or howl like a wolf I need not resemble you  Nor you resemble me For though we both are human  The Now has room for every kind  Of human ever seen All things however different Live together in the Now A place whose open arms embrace  The stranger and not just the friend Those close to us, the ones we'll never meet The whole odd human race  All things arise together  In a place that's called the Now No other cause is needed No force, no wars, no ideology, just all the heart allows  The Now's an open-hearted place It makes...

Each of us has an inner world Inwardness is a flag unfurled Each of us has a home within  A secret in us curled Each of us has an inner world That's safe from the outside Each of us has a song to sing Too beautiful to hide  Each of us has an inner world That's unlike any other You have yours and I have mine So does each sister and brother  Each of us has an inner world  You won't find them on a map Or on a star so far away Or sitting on your lap You won't find them anywhere But in our hearts and minds Inner worlds are forever  They outlive space and time  Inner Worlds Are Forever  by Kristen's dolly and Ephraim Levine  Each of us has an inner world But our worlds can come together  If we see Love's the thing that binds  All hearts and worlds forever  All Hearts and Worlds Forever ❤️🌎  by Ephraim Levine and Kristen's dolly 

We each have an inner world Mine's green and yours is blue Whatever their colors may be Inner worlds are always true  Inner worlds are very many They are not simply few  My inner world is right for me And yours is right for you Worlds inner and many  Share no one way that's right  Inner worlds have many colors  Each color with its own light  Your blue light's bright as the sun My green sun shines on too Your world is blue and mine is green Each has its own right view Each of our worlds is different  In its view and its hue Mine's right for me, yours right for you  Inner worlds are always true  Inner Worlds Are Always True by Kristen's dolly and Ephraim Levine     green and yours  yours isis blue

things that arise together  require no other cause in a place called Nature's What's Sacred  they transcend all use of force  . they need no God to tell them just what to do and say  they proceed in no fixed order  but freely find their way the thing that unites them is not fear of sin or error but an inner love of doing right in every shared endeavor  rain does not strike the earth  but to it a hand lends the earth knows that its friend the rain  Nature's balance won't upend  but will nourish every earthly thing and things' living bon sustain i do not force my neighbor  to obey a way that's mine  but help him see our labor as part of Nature's way divine in a place called Nature's What's Sacred  my neighbor and I, like the rain and earth  a common purpose find in a place called Nature's What's Sacred  by kristen's dolly and ephraim levine 

we each have a world within  that is a valid dream lets turn our inner worlds to one and join each other's dreams  imagine there's no outer world let's not stand here with our dreams but build a better world that's one beyond the old world's evil schemes let's build a world where peace prevails and kindness not power makes a team a world where our ideals are real and cynics cannot win  let's build a world with room for all a world where no one's othered a world where those we'll never know  are still our sisters and brothers  a better world's no far-off place  it's right here where we are there is a world where dreams are shared it is a close close star from that bright worid let's never wake but together dream forever  there's a bright worid that's known as Love It's shared dreaming's deepest treasure  there's a bright world that's known as Love 🌍❤️  by ephraim levine and kristen's dolly

Our inner worlds are ours but also part of our shared time. We are not trapped in our inner worlds; inner experience and shared experience form a continuum. -Kristen's dolly and Ephraim C. Levine

Beneath a single sun Shines every kind of thing Turtles, tables, tornadoes Turkey, tigers, twins  Beneath a single sun Shines every kind of thing For the sun brings warmth to all things Diversity's a thing that sings 🌈  Beneath a single sun Shines every kind of thing You and me, your old aunt Lee All those you'll never see For the sun brings warmth to all things To the sun, moon, land and sea  Beneath a Single Sun ☀️  by Kristen's dolly and Ephraim Levine

 All real people are odd There's no God whose standards we must meet We are not clods of clay In the hands of a dictator upon a celestial seat  All real people.are odd There's no one quite like you  Your funny hair, your crooked smile Make you the you that's you All real people are odd  No two of us are the same  Diversity is what makes us, us Uniqueness is all we need proclaim All real people are odd There's no one quite like you The things that make you goofy 😋  Make up the you that's true All Real People Are Odd 🌈  by Ephraim Levine and Kristen's dolly 

I seek no outer rainbow Or any foreign thing I seek a thing call Knowing  For Knowing my heart sings  I do not want your money I will not fight your wars I seek a thing called Inward Peace  That's what my quest is for  I do not seek high status  Or to cut down other souls I seek a thing called Brotherhood A world that is made whole I don't believe the cynic I know ideals are real Cynicism's a thing born of despair Without hope we can't care  I know love and peace can one day rule And the world be kind and fair I seek a thing beyond the stars But know it is down here For we are made of starry things  Of love and peace and hope  And if we work together  Nothing's beyond our scape There is a heaven here on earth Not one in outer space  We simply must look inside and see We share a single face  It's the face of one humanity A face with eyes of blue And brown and green and hazel Of every shade and hue There's a  face from which all ...

I must be with it Being here is the ticket  I can't be there Or in some outer lair  I must be here  Or I'll just miss it  Ephraim Levine 

There is a we Strange to have to say it But there's not just a you or me  But shared humanity  There is a we  Funny to have to explain But we don't live in separate worlds Shared humanity I proclaim  There's a you and there's a me But there's also a we Made up of many you's and me's   A basis for all common cause and solidarity  We're here on earth together  Shared humanity's a thing forever  You are you and I am me But sharing is the lever We grown-ups must remember  What every kindergartner knows Only sharing makes us sing Or to the earth sweet peace and love can bring Cynicism brings despair  But idealists know hope It's not naive to care and share  Dreaming's a thing of earthly scope Starry eyes don't shine just in the sky But here on earth where we must cope There's a you and there's a me  But there's also a we  Made up of many you's and me's  A reason to sing down here on earth, beyond heaven's lonely harmo...

A cloud, they say, is just a cloud But no two clouds are ever the same Clouds have personalities, you see And each cloud has a name   Here comes Claude and there goes Claudia Misty's getting ready to rain Stormy's in the corner weeping  Lightning his fierce power proclaims   Every Cloud Has a Name  by Ephraim Levine and Kristen's dolly

Things have more than just two sides Truth's beyond mere simple words In complexity it hides It is a radiance A light deep as it's wide  A light with many colors  Whose borders melt and can't decide from A Light with Many Colors  by Kristen's dolly and Ephraim Levine 

Though there's a me There is a we I am not you And you're not me Yet we're part of Humanity I can be me And not hate thee My closest friend's The me that's me  But there's room for The me that's thee  There is a world That's inside me Yet it includes  Others I see You live there now Another me You've such a world Inside of thee In each of us  There is a we  Each one of us A shared self sees There Is a We ❤️🌎  from Baby Steps Out of Capitalist Hyper- individualism by Kristen's dolly and Ephraimt Levine 

Causation is exaggerated  Use of force a sin Things arise together naturally  Without another cause they sing Causation is exaggerated Use of force a sin Rain doesn't strike the earth  Or something foreign bring  The earth welcomes the rain So living things can grow Sky and earth work together  Nature's harmony to show Causation is exaggerated Use of force a sin I don't use force on my neighbor Or interfere with him He and I share one human design  Let humanity's music ring 🎶🎶🎶  Use of Force Is a Sin 🔫😈  by Kristen's dolly and Ephraim Levine 

Ideals keep us human Every man and every woman Cynicism kills our humanity Ideals preserve our decency -Ephraim Levine and Kristen's dolly 

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Ideals are a higher real Believe in all you feel  Relieve yourself of all the low low things the cynic offers That he thinks the world won't want and will not steal For he makes with despair a hopelessly bad deal Based on disappointments that congeal There's a world that's based on hope Not ruled by cynicism's narrow scope That makes room for each wild hope  And imagination's wider wheel Believe in peace, believe in love Rise to the level of the dove The hawk swoops low, he doesn't know  Dreams aren't things that sleep But where all hopes awaken  And to the world themselves first show And to the World Themselves First Show  by Kristen's dolly and Ephraim Levine, two crazy old hippies ✌️❤️ 

 Some physical things are invisible  Like bacteria  Some spiritual things are visible  And meet material criteria Like a flower Which in its tangible beauty  Stands for the spirit of all things Some physical things are invisible Like the atoms in a grain of sand Some spiritual things are visible  Like a helping hand  Given to someone no one knows  Someone not like us by Kristen's dolly and Ephraim Levine 

We're all just one big Self And though each of us has his ot her own wealth  Inside, there is an outside too We're all just one big Self With one identity   And though there's a light that's yours, a light that's mine   Thare is another light that's ours, the light of humanity  We're all just one big self  And though you're free and I am too Our freedom ends when we trample on each other's rights  It simply is what's true  We're all just one big self  And though there's no one just like me and no one just like you  Humanity's a unique thing too For we're not lizards, lemons, stones or seas, but humans through and through This thing called humanity Belongs to me, belongs to you, belongs to your old Uncle Jack and your young Aunt Sue  To the stranger, not only the friend, to those we know, to those we'll never see  To those within familiar shores and those beyond the blue Love's owed not simply to our own  But to every ...

Though our souls can sing  Their heavenly song must be sung here on earth  And to earth its sweetness bring 🎶🌺  by Ephraim Levine and Kristen's dolly 

Peace is mightier than war  The dove ouflies the hawk  Peace soars like an eagle  War can only walk It walks all over everything It murders minds and hearts  Peace is mightier than war  Peace is the place to start  Love of peace isn't cowardice  Peace is what the shared heart craves Peace is mightier than war Love of peace alone can save Love of Peace Alone Can Save ❤️✌️  by Kristen's dolly and Ephraim Levine 

Inside us there's a big big world  The world seems not to know It is a world where truth unfurls And every ideal shows There is a world I call Within  You have one, as do I Within is not in outer space But real as the earth and sky Within is not a place that's strange It's just without disguise  It is a place of peace and love Warm as the sun, high as the sky  from There Is a World I Call Within 🌎🙏 by Ephraim Levine and Kristen's dolly 

Just a person Not performin' or rehearsin' Of you there is no other version Just a person Just be you  To your oddness do be true Though your weaknesses aren't few Just be you There's a you Not just one of many but among the few To your uniqueness do be true There's a you  Just a Person 🤡 by Kristen's dolly and Ephraim Levine 

 It's only common sense That people can't work together  It's only common sense That cruelty must rule forever It's only common sense  That cynics always win In a world where common minds prevail A heart that loves can't sing It is uncommon sense  That people can work together  It is uncommon sense That kindness can pull the lever  It is uncommon sense  That ideals are a thing  In a worid of uncommon sense A heart that loves can music bring  It's Only Common Sense by Kristen's dolly and Ephraim 

The high sky loves the earth And all things subject to birth Though the sky's not born and does not die  It cares for time's humble turf A wise mind has a heart The heart's the place to start  Knowledge is nothing without love                                ?

That better world's a secret For those who must live here  But I know in my heart there is a place  Where things are far more fair That better world's a secret A vision that is rare  But I know in my heart there is a place  Where we're allowed to care  That better world's a secret  Whispered in hidden lairs  But I know in my heart there is a place  Where all souls are held dear  That better world's a secret  But a secret we can tell If we all work together And ring humanity's shared bell ❤️🔔 That Better World's a Secret 🤫  an Anti-Capitalism Poem by Ephraim Levine and Kristen's dolly

I'm not just unlike a woman For we are all one human  An identity based on misogyny  Throws me into confusion  from Truth Land by Ephraim Levine  .

There are things we just know Things that from the heart grow Things that from all times flow There are things we just know We know the sky's blue  We know there's a place on this earth for both me and you We know love's the core of all that is true We know the sky's blue We Know the Sky's Blue by Kristen's dolly and Ephraim Levine 

The sun brings warmth and not just light The earth needs love, not just truth's claims about what's right  The sun brings warmth and not just light --Ephraim and Kristen's dolly 

Peace is not a thing you win It's not the same as war It is a thing inside you And what you are born for Peace is not a thing you win  But a thing that you own Part of your very nature In you peace has a home Peace Is Not a Thing You Win✌️by Kristen's dolly and Ephraim 

I've seen a star not just inside It's right there in the sky  It answers every deeper why  But its warm and kindly light still calms the poor earth's cry ❤️⭐ 🌍😊  -Kristen's dolly and Ephraim

Everything I directly know of appears only within my awareness  There is nothing beyond my mind I see with any clearness The blue sky seems to shine only in my own blue eyes  If there's a golden sun out there I've never  seen it rise But my mind is part of all that shows  It says the blue sky's really there and a sun that's made of gold To say the world's not really there would simply be a lie  Though I see it only inwardly there's a sky through which birds fly  Nor are people things I imagine I can't ignore their cry   The Blue Sky's Really There Another Anti-Capitalism poem by Ephraim Levine and Kristen's dolly 

The mind's not fooled by the body's lies  For it is made of Truth It can't be tricked by words that hide What it knows without proof  Beyond a need for evidence  The mind by nature knows For its true place of residence  Is a place where Truth just shows  The mind's a thing that simply knows  It's one with what it knows There's no distance between the knower and the known To the knower knowing's a soul To the Knower by Kristen's dolly and Ephraim Levine