A Community

A community is a group of people
Of common habits and bondage
Huddled together as a social goup
A group small or large in size

A community offers empathetic support
Within a cohesive cultural boundary
But demands in return
Loyalty to its unwritten laws

Communities have always existed
Communities will always exist
Large, small, and micro
In past, present, and future

It is human nature to form a community
In search of social identity and order
To cling to, to hide in, and to grow
To feel secure within and without

Pride in ones community
And in ones social environment
Comes naturally as second nature
Absence or rejection of it smothers the soul

Birth in any specific community
Is neither good nor bad
Mother Nature does not judge a Man
Only a community judges a Man

We belong to a community at the very birth
And the community belongs to us
Opposite sides of the same coin
When one side shows, the other side is understood

Community lays down rules and regulations
Just like governments and institutions
But community's rules are latent and unwritten
Much stricter than the written ones

A community's rules are obeyed by members
With feeling of respect and pride
Some rules get challenged and some do change
Consistent with joint social consciousness

A community has unmarked territory
That may shrink or grow with time
Serving an innate sense of identity
Of past, present, and future

A community empowers each member
Young and old, male and female
Rich and poor, able and disabled
To help, serve, and love each other

A community is a group of people
Of common language and creed
Of common habits in food and clothing
Sharing a similar perspective of life

A community carves a territory
Within which to identify itself
A territory not physically marked
Yet clearly understood by its members


A community's territory binds those within
Separating them from those without
Separating Man from ManSeparating Soul from Soul