A LINK IN THE CHAIN

A LINK IN THE CHAIN

A link in the chain
Has been broken,
And the chain feels it.
All life is interconnected.

Each link is a life
Connected to every other
Like an unending chain.

When a chain link breaks
The chain rattles.
It loses strength
Until it is repaired.

Yet some of the stronger links
Have forgotten the value of the whole,
Allowing links to be broken
And the whole of the chain to be weakened.

When we forget the value-
Of every life,
Of every link-
And a single link is allowed to be broken
The chain is weakened
And the whole has lost something for it.

When will we realize
That life is a chain?