A DEGREE OF SEPARATION

Why are we so at odds
the separation between
black and white
rich and poor
muslim and christian
how long we have come
to move so far away
from your humanity and mine
a degree of separation
a fraction between love and hate
what is the tide
that pulls us further apart
with the earth acting as magnet
spinning on her axis
from where we stand
we chart our course
to navigate our way
not knowing whether to follow
true or magnetic north
a whole degree from zero
one degree of separation
between your humanity and mine