Differentiation towards Unification
Location
A frosty road less traveled by
A Dickinson invitation to the internal sky
A completion by nature and faith, as suggested by that Marvell guy
All of these inspirations I try
As I express myself and learn to fly
Poetry has never been my mastery
But here I suppose I'll attempt
To avoid any catastrophe
That would be laced with reader's contempt
I consider myself to be different
As most budding minds in this world do
An original, free-spirited experiment
A reflective morning's drop of dew
My love of differences inherent
For I was born to parallel few
I see those on the streets
Wo have embraced their individualistic ways
I nod to them and our eyes meet
For they are also confused by similarity's craze
We look within ourselves
And find that none of us are the same
We are endless chapters of countless book stacked upon innumerable shelves
How could we ever be lame?
Within myself, I find an open mind
A spirit that couldn't be tamed
A voice that wishes to express anything kind
A desire to bring good into the world, flamed
Externally, I know I do not look similar
For my appearance is simply my vessel
I stand amongst each moral pillar
Of myself that I use as the world's trestle
I live by breathing mindfulness
Into each second of my day
Each of my practices protect my fortress
Through balance I am given a way
My source of self-respect is not based on an achievement I have done
But rather a mindset of gratitude for the diversity in all that makes us one
I am grandly aware that we were born to connect
To not see ourselves as lonely individuals, for then we would all be wrecked
Our goal no matter who we are- whether race, illness, or gender-
Is to better ourselves for the outside world, so that we may all reach splendor