Building bridges, instead of spaces...

I listened and I heard it... the many sounds of life
The weeping and the laughing and those experiencing strife
I heard them, all  the nations, and  I heard the sound of war:
The struggling and the wealthy; the well off and the poor

I looked up and saw it: the gathering great and small
I saw them, the multitudes; I saw them one and all
I saw them from a distance and I saw them very near
I could see them, all the happy and those wrapped up in fear

Around me were the many. the many sights and sounds
I could see them, the mountains and the ocean wave that pounds
The countless and the many and  the beautifully colored races
All were uniting together: building bridges instead of spaces.