These are the first few verses and the last verse of Adrian Mitchell’s brilliant poem, Human Beings. Do look at the whole of it here.
HUMAN BEINGS
look at your hands
your beautiful useful hands
you’re not an ape
you’re not a parrot
you’re not a slow loris
or a smart missile
you’re humannot british
not american
not israeli
not palestinian
you’re humannot catholic
not protestant
not muslim
not hindu
you’re human
………………………….
look at all that life
all that beauty
you’re human
they are human
we are human
let’s try to be humandance!
As a Humanist, this speaks to me very clearly.
