what if

Difference;
beautiful yet trying
engaging yet deceptive

if you let it
lead you astray,
like a curving line
a curving line called life,
it may cause
floudering or
drowning
but yet it may
offer
possibilities
unimaginable.

We're taught that Difference is a charmer,
a rude uninvited guest
inducing unpleasantness
as unilateral thought
and disruption of affect
and behavior
and cognitive cycles.

Difference provokes
Fear.
Fear
as motivator
causing anxiety,
thwrating growth and
opportunity.

Challenge it.
raise up your fist
and frustrate it
before it discourages
what could have been
or what would have been.

We all have one opportunity,
one chance;
to flee or fight
to love or hate
to know or become ignorant
to what we know
and feel
and desire.

Come to me, oh, life.
Challenge what I think and feel.
Meet me face to face.