Difference.
Praise for all variation,
that diversified play of colour and shape
which takes away sameness
and paints nature with sheer tessilation.
Hooray for the patchwork
of harlequin stripes in mackerel-hue sky
or bold chequered blotches
embroidered on coats of every dalmatian.
Applause for bright hues
shot through peacocks and each rainbow,
streaks in pied-ponies,
marbling of stone, the frets in wide bands
on speckled trout, braided
tattoos over the backs of zebras and tigers
flecked with a motely
collection of artistically peppered mosaics.
Smile at tri-colours
in butterflies and pibald frogs created to
reflect luminous wet.
Be awed by kaleidoscope difference and
for all irridescence
seen in the glorious abundance of nature
give inner praise.