Fitting In - Sept. 25, 2026

remember priming each school year

for acceptance and belonging

via sameness and commonality?

notice rabbits don’t duplicate

the way another hops, or birds

adjust their feathers to fly like others

if we only knew then, the

directions we could have taken,

talents we turned from,

we could have soared away

or ran down any path, powered

by passion with plenty to spare

but hey,

we’re still hopping around

and even get off the ground sometimes,

don’t we?