Friday, February 10, 2006

this is a reworking of an older poem




DIFFERENCES


WHAT DOES IT MATTER
WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES
EACH DIFFERENCE MAKE?

THE ONES EASILY SEEN,
THE ONES SILENTLY ENDURED
OR CELEBRATED?

DIFFERENCES
SECRET ONES HIDDEN IN
SHAME, FEAR PERHAPS?

WHO CARES
WHY CARE?

WHY, WHEN WE CAN
TOUCH OTHERS
IN LUST OR LOVE, MAYBE

EVEN WITH COMPASSION, BORN
FROM THE DIFFERENCES IN US,


LEARNED THROUGH THEM SILENTLY
OR AT FULL VOLUME
CHANGING LIVES MOSTLY
FOR THE BETTER

CHANGING OURSELVES ALONG THE WAY
MAKING US THE SAME IN OUR HUMANITY
LETTING US LIVE ON

THAT IS WHAT MATTERS
WHAT MAKES THE DIFFERENCE


LONG AFTER WE HAVE
MOVED ON.








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