Not Just Survival--Better
We cast them out,
Those who are different.
That is how we survive.
We keep only those who are like us and
Who are fierce and powerful.
That is how we become stronger.
But it is not how we become better.
We make ourselves so
By keeping in our circle,
Those who are of different persuasions,
Who are different handed,
Whose face is tanned,
Whose hair is reddened,
Who do not see,
Who do not understand,
Who cannot walk,
Those who sing and dance
By their own thoughts and music.
Those are the ones
Who make us better.
Susan Patterson
4-2012
Audio and Author Comment~
I had forgotten about this little poem. Apparently it is not published in any of my books. That is too bad. I kind of like this one. With today's current concerns and social climate, it is interesting to think of how we might all be... together.