Beautiful Ornament Called Diversity

Poetry

Photo by Emily Fletke on Unsplash

Look.
The picture hanging
on the wall of fame.
Polished
Crystal. Framed with
the gold of the world.
Smiling
Triumph. We are the
New World it yells.
Loud in its
Glory. Proud in its
Collection of

Every
Colored
Rose.

We are diverse it begs.
And the roses scream.

They were plucked
to be an ornament
of a seller’s dream
when they were
meant to be blooming
in their own earths.

~

Vaishali Paliwal

A new ornament of every platform and organization aka diversity that needs to transcend above the mere compliance of things and robotic strategies and planning to sell an image, vs understand truly what inclusion and belongingness mean and what it requires to be truly and beautifully diverse.