blue grass is still grass

It started with the question,

"Why do you seem different in front of other people?"

Is it wrong to be different to a person compared to the other?

Disregard the ideas of favoritism, discrimination, racism and just plain 'bias-ness' for a moment. If a person seem to communicate, share interests, and rather generally behave differently to one clique compared to another, is the person guilty of being wrong? fake? Even if he/she shares an equal compassion, importance to all of them?

People have this tainted image of people being different in front of others as being abusive, opportunists, again fakes. They see 'these kind of people' as nothing more than just people who'd bend over backwards for someone just for their own advantage; using people as assets - not caring anymore once they were deem useless. Using them as favors for their own personal needs and gains.

Others, see more of the usual 'high school' approach, where they see these people merely adapting to the clique to gain acceptance - the sense of belonging. A sense of desperation to overcome ones own loneliness. To achieve popularity, even.

Basically, giving a guilty verdict of not being ones true self.

Notice how I wrote these people as 'being' different in front of others instead of 'acting' different in front of others.

Now, let me ask you.

Is it not possible for someone's true identity is to just be different?

Would it be so hard to believe that the only constant criteria of a person is constant change?


Without a doubt, there are those driven to be different from just being afraid. Afraid that their skeletons of the past would along bring judgment and exile. Afraid to open up to others because they're used to the comfort and openness of the selected few. Then there are those those just afraid, afraid to shatter whatever's left of a once strong bond by safely choosing their words and holding their desired intents.

Someone of us, choose to be different. We do not mean harm or wish to abuse anyone. We simply enjoy the diversity - the mixture.

" The only reason why I seem different in front of them compared to you guys is because, you can never forget your own stripes."

-M , the fourth stripe.