different isn't evil

different isn't evil

different isn't evil

necessarily bad

or to be shunned

excommunicated

or banned into oblivion.

why do we tend

to think in those terms?

draw back in fear

at the conspicuous?

cover our eyes and retreat?

everything's odd

in this life

everything's bizarre

to an outsider

who does not understand.

who's to say

what's normal

or not?

and what is normal

in a strange world?

i look at people

and i see myself

i dive in shallow

and i see depth

for i am different.

though they look at me

as though i were not from here

and turn away

as though they perceive

that i am dangerous.

different isn't evil

for the world would be

an evil place, if true

and God would be evil

for creating it.

but in His eyes, it's lovely

it's special and wondrous

and beautiful in a thousand colors

different isn't evil

it's just different.

©by Voo

Aug 5, 07

5:45 p.m.
(who is definitely different)