Embrace the Strange

October 18, 2021

Among the changing leaves
The pumpkins, the corn, the scarecrows
Something different came along
something we didn’t understand

They frightened us, these new things
They were bizarre, weird, creepy
To cope with this, we made a label
We called them “monsters”

In our fear of the strange
We couldn’t see the obvious
That what we thought were monsters
were just people who were different

So embrace the strange
Because they’re not monsters
They’re just different
And different doesn’t have to be scary