CONGRATULATIONS!

Shakespeare said: we’re merely players
And all the world’s a stage
For some of us our part is telling you
On which specific page
But from the moment you were born
(Which was a Monday by the way)
We find the stuff that lights us up
And get to have a play

It could be board games or horse racing
We can get along
Unless of course it’s cross-fit
In which case you are wrong
But scrabble round for long enough
You stumble on the truth
That there is nothing trivial
About having pursuits

It could be Rubik’s cubes, or..
Whatever people do who don’t do Rubik’s cubes
It could be.. Connect 4? Or..
I don’t know man, you do you.
These small things have an impact,
Sometimes it’s hard to know
But when pixels come together
then the pics’ll start to show.

And when we start, the chances are
That we will be completely terrible
But after a few well placed moves
It begins to make sense
We might seem messed up on the surface
Wishing life was more directional
But Left Up to our own devices,
We can be Down Right incredible.

On the face of it
some of us might love red, white and blue
Some of us prefer the edges -
green, yellow and orange too.
We all have our ‘thing’ we love
That nurtures us and nourishes
What if we don’t just acknowledge
one another's, but encourage it

Let’s not just put up with each other
But lift one another up
let’s not just tolerate but celebrate
that we’ve got different stuff
When we welcome others
It doesn’t mean there’s less room for us
For there is no such thing
As a finite amount of love

What makes our interests interesting
is all of them are different
What makes existence interesting
is all of us are different
The world’s a more interesting place
Cause all of us are in it
The fact that you are who you are’s
Nothing short of exquisite

Our brains are wired in different ways
Our bodies are not built the same
Our artwork comes in different frames
But frames are not what makes art great

Let’s celebrate when someone else
is absolutely smashing it
Put energy towards
being passionately compassionate
The list of things I care about
May be different to you
But lets extend those lists to
Include one another too.

Not just dutifully included
but intentionally embedded
No matter what your age or race,
gender or sexual preference
Let’s champion where we’re from,
and where we are,
And where we’re headed
Imagine if your pronouns were beloved and accepted

No matter who you are
Or what your interests might be
A world where all of us can thrive -
Now that’s something that interests me.