This week the topic for the Five Minute Friday link-up post is Common. What is a link-up? Essentially a link-up is when you join other bloggers and write on a similar topic. You share your blog posts with one another and begin conversations via a host site. You can head over to Kate Motaung’s page to check out other entries from inspired bloggers. Here’s my five minutes of uninterrupted, unedited writing on this week’s topic:
She stands out in a crowd.
The other children walk right past her.
Hands painted in soft henna.
Hair concealed by the scarf
That her religion requires.
Fear of her answers keep them from asking.
Silence surrounds her like an aura.
She’s a stranger to everyone.
A friend to none.
Her words are few.
The language foreign.
She’s uncommon and unknown.
Unspoken to and unwelcomed.
Everyone is afraid to know
Where she comes from and what she’s seen.
They make her an outsider
In the land of diversity.
I’ve seen past her walls
And there is beauty.
I’ve seen past the henna and the scarf
And she’s just like everyone else.
We’re all trying to make it
And to find joy in this life.
We all have that in common.
The Ameri Brit Mom
The Ameri Brit Mom 
Great poem- we definitely need to look beneath the surface to really see people. Often when we do, we find that we have more in common than we might have expected.
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Thank You! Thank You! Thank You! If only we all truly took the time to get to know our neighbors. Blessed to be your neighbor at FMF this week.
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