I made friends with a squirrel <br />Because I lost hope in humanity- <br />I made sense of the tales <br />That I once heard from my family- <br /> <br />The squirrel stared into my eyes- <br />I then thought: <br /> <br />We’re all equal within the iris <br />But we only know I- <br />Blinded by the colors <br />Of different pupils- <br />Afraid to risk our own world <br />In order to see another’s <br /> <br />The squirrel was startled as <br />The wind rustled the leaves <br />& Ran off-<br /><br />Benjamin Michael Clark<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/no-ordinary-squirrel/
