Our next poem in the Poetry That Inspires series is titled “Human Family” by Maya Angelou, where she speaks about seeing the best in people despite their differences and how we are all basically the same.
This poem conveys simplicity & universal truth that all human beings are similar in nature irrespective of their skin colour, religion, caste or background. Maya Angelou’s words touch on unity and oneness of humanity which is a message that is very relevant in today's society where we see more division than before. Now it's too important to have each other's back. We all need each other!
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I note the obvious differences
in the human family.
Some of us are serious,
Some declare their lives are lived
as true profundity,
and others claim they really live
The variety of our skin tones
can confuse, bemuse, delight,
brown and pink and beige and purple,
I've sailed upon the seven seas
and stopped in every land,
I've seen the wonders of the world
I know ten thousand women
called Jane and Mary Jane,
but I've not seen any two
who really were the same.
Mirror twins are different
although their features jibe,
and lovers think quite different thoughts
while lying side by side.
We love and lose in China,
we weep on England's moors,
and laugh and moan in Guinea,
and thrive on Spanish shores.
We seek success in Finland,
are born and die in Maine.
In minor ways we differ,
I note the obvious differences
between each sort and type,
but we are more alike, my friends,
We are more alike, my friends,
than we are unalike.
We are more alike, my friends,
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