Serious Spoken Word: We Are All The Same

I wrote this to bring down borders - since there's no such thing to begin with, but it's oh-so-easy to forget that. It's true, and I'm quite serious about it; wherever you thought there was a barrier, a border, a defining line of any kind, you were mistaken. There is no such beast out there, when you get right down to the nitty-gritty, or the subby-atomicy, if you prefer.

So here we are, spinning around on a ball of rock with billions of others; a mass of differing perspectives; some are innately destructive, some are naturally healthy - some inspire pain, death and suffering, others cause renewal, community and love. But the truth is that every perspective is human - we can't deny that - and although some think the balance is simply off-kilter, and others like myself think it's almost gone right over and can't be righted without a reboot, there is still hope that some day we will all realize that our cultural, linguistic, political and social differences - our different traditions, value systems, music, stories, dances, desires and goals may be varied, but we share our humanity. We come in various colours, sizes, shapes, ways of thinking and perspectives - but we're all out there trying to get by as best we can, taking breath, eating, drinking, shitting and fucking - and we truly are, once you shuck off all the 'unnecessary' baggage, all in this together. We are very much the same when you get down to what's important.

And that's what this piece is about. It's my first ever spoken word, one I hope to emulate again with a different topic in the near future. I may also re-record, as I think I didn't have the cadence right in parts, should be louder here and quieter there... well, we're all our own best critic. But here it is now. I hope you enjoy.