Web

Only a thin filament holds us together;
Yet its durability is evident;
It stretches to unimaginable lengths;
Spanning continents, time and space.
It divides in all directions;
Binding all living beings;
Providing strength and protection.
At times the filament breaks;
Leaving some dangling.
Sometimes the filament winds itself round and round, 
Smothering those it can no longer support.
There is no escaping it;
As without it there is no existence.