Seven Billion Strangers

Seven billion strangers 
Living, breathing, working, playing, laughing, dying
All on the same island in space
Seven billion strangers
Sharing a genetic purpose to watch out for each other
Sometimes focused only on the precious few they call friends
Seven billion strangers
Magnets yearning to connect 
Repelling as they get close
Seven billion strangers
Speaking of love and sharing 
While stealing food from each other’s plates
Seven billion strangers
So many ways they say hello
But all say goodbye the same
Eight billion strangers
What happens when seven billion strangers live on the same island in space