Same Difference

Same Difference

By Frank Bolaji Irawo

I am different, so are you

Not one of us exactly the same

Even if birth by the very same womb

Hewn out of the self-same egg

Our fingerprints as unique as can be

You are as far from me as I am to you'

How much that matters

Very much depends on you and me

For all our differences

This one thing is true

We share the planet

So, our survival depends on you and me

In our differences lie the opportunity

To embrace and learn from something new

If I chose to walk in your boots and you in mine

We benefit from our different views

A wider horizon from which to see

The things we both share

One planet, one humanity