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.
Friday, February 10, 2006
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