By Sam Yau
Fourteen billion years ago,
you and I were born
of stardust from
the explosive expansion
of the singularity.
We shared 99.9% of our genes,
co-evolved with all of life
in this rich biosphere of
amazing beauty and diversity.
Formless divinity preceded
the creation of form,
imbued it with —
and enveloped it in—
infinite love,
buried a spark in each of us,
a light to guide us to our source,
which is how the human mind
discovers the elegant simplicity
of mathematics that hold
the secrets of the universe,
which is how the human heart
knows we are deeply connected—
to all humanity,
to our divine origin,
to our collective imagination
and manifestation of our future—
in a glorious web.
Let’s rejoice in
uniqueness,
the intimacy in sameness,
the admiration of difference.
Each of us,
a star shining in the tapestry
of galaxies in the celestial dome.
Painting by Olena Zavakevych