So I was just kind of thinking about New Orleans tonight, and I began thinking of the corruption there, and eventually this idea of corruption I was thinking of I realized was worldwide. I began thinking of world peace and why it hasn’t already become a reality…And I came to a realization. I realized… that people focus on the differences between people… instead of the similarities. I wasn’t really sure how to put it into words, so I wrote it in a poem… here it is, its basically my attempt to show that the similarities between all people in the world are more important than superficial differences. I’ll let my poem speak for itself now…

We all know
How it feels to be so angry you want
To scream so loud that everyone hears you

We All know
What its like to question and wonder
WHY
As those hot salty tears stream from your eyes

We all know
How it feels to want them to love
YOU
Not just the person you portray

We all know
What its like to hold their hand
And feel their soft skin against your own

We all know
What it feels like to lose the one person you love
And how you’d give anything to have them back

We all know
How it feels to go crazy
Sick with worries of the future

We all know
What its like to care about someone so much
That you’d give your own life
JUST
To protect them…

Do differences matter… When we all know?

© 2008 Lori McEwen

Enjoy…. and comment if you want…:)

~Lori