DIFFERENT THINGS TO UNDERSTAND

She was born a girl but inner heart she knows she is a boy and thus spends much of her young life life straddling the edge of joy. And it’s no different for him…in the same way his life unfurls… as he was born a boy but in his heart he knows he is a girl. I see them holding hands or kissing…I see them time and time again women who love other women…men who love other men He likes dressing as a woman…even though he is a man… When I first saw these people I used to stop and stare… I tried my best to understand… How is this even possible? How did this come to be? and what life must be like…for those so obviously different than me. But the more I shared my world with them and they share their world with me… I realized we are all just branches on the same human family tree And though I’ll never truly understand what being on their branch is like… I have come to understand despite our differences,…we are so much more alike. I reached a place a beautiful place…where I no longer need to stare as I concentrate on the things we have in common…the things that we all share. And as my view of the world and the people in it it keeps evolving…keeps expanding…. I realized all that anybody wants in life…is acceptance, love…and understanding… Which makes me wonder…. What if the things that make us different… instead of being feared, condemned or banned… What if the things that make us different… are just different things to understand?