One Step Further

Of the many imbalances in this world

How many could be adjusted by a simple mind shift

The choosing to see differences in others as simply ~ differences

Not threats

Not weaknesses

Not less

Not great 

Oh! And what if we went just one step further

And chose to honor and have reverence for those others and their differences

And chose to celebrate their many facets and layers

Their genes

Their language

Their beliefs

Their dreams

And what if, like nomads of days gone by,  we were to be brave

And were to journey guided only by nature and stars in the Heavens above us 
To places that can only be reached through their eyes, hearts, and lives ...

... What if?