Only after careful study

Only after careful study

and soulful meditation

am I able to conclude

with absolute certainty

and

empirical precision

that you

and

I

different though we might be

in

color

culture

religion

and who

how we love

are unequivocally

and

unquestionably

equal in the eyes

of small children

animals

plants

and

other

living things

of a truly high

spiritual nature

Alvan Herring