Being Different
Change
who decides what that means?
Websters says it means
to make or become
different
But what is different?
Is different the people who walk down the street
dreads in their hair and plugs in their ears?
is it the man dressed in plaid with a neckbeard ordering Starbucks
is it the girl with the pastel hair who waves to me sometimes
is it me
the transgendered boy who goes to an all-girls school
(thankfully, skirts are optional)
sometimes I joke and say
I'm so different
but really?
I'm not that different at all
nobody is different
because everybody has the power to change
everyone
they can change their hair with a single box
they can change someones mood with a single smile
Do you know how much change goes on in a single day?
On a daily basis things are changing
all around us
people make decisions
that change their world
Earth
is made up or people's individual worlds
If I were to compare my world
to the world of my best friend
there would be so much difference
and yet the fact
that so many worlds exist so close together
just Being
this creates change
50 years ago my best friend would have been beaten on the street
40 years ago I would have been beaten on the street
and yet
the change that has occured
though it is not yet over
is phenominal
so
if I could change one thing
it would be
to make people realize
how much change has already happened