Nose to Nose

How often

do we

come nose to nose

with indisputable truth

but cannot bear to look it in the eye?

Or

how many times

have you seen something

up close

and

you were

SO SURE

you knew

what you were looking at;

then

it turned out to be

a lie,

a deceit,

a counterfeit,
an illusion?

Proximity

does not guarantee

understanding

or

acceptance.

Unity in Diversity

Human facial profiles:

brow

nose

lips

chin

Recognizable common traits,

yet innumerable variations.

They say that

our faces are not symmetrical;

that the left side

of each person's face

does not exactly match

the right side.

Diversity

is built right in

to our physical structures.

We are meant to be

unique

in the midst of

our sameness.

Yet

too many of us

focus on our differences,

to the detriment

of our commonalities.

Unity in diversity.

A wholesome ideal,

kept distant

by human nature.