Respect is something

respect!
for all that lives, for all that breathes...
for the life in you and the life in me...
in all constantly evolving forms....

for every casual brush of a caring hand...
for the individuality and the differences...
for in the differences we find sameness!

not to change a rainbow to a mountain...
a beautiful weather to a gloomy weather...
but to take each as it is... realizing
its beauty and its worth...

respect!
knowing that what you feel, i feel...
what you need, i need...
one breath of life, many forms of it,
molded by the spirit of compassionate energy!

Shanky