Here's to the Kids That Are Different

Here's to the kids that are different,
The kids that don't always get A's.
The kids that have ears,
twice as big as their peers,
Or have noses that go on for days.
Here's to the kids that are different,
The kids that are just out of step.
The kids they all tease,
Who have cuts on their knees,
And whose sneakers are constantly wet.
Here's to the kids that are different,
The kids they call crazy and dumb.
The kids who aren't cute and don't give a hoot,
Who dance to a different drum.
Here's to the kids who are different,
For when they are grown,
As history has shown,
It's their difference that makes them unique.

~Digby Wolfe



(Note from Lisa Marie - this poem has a special meaning to me. I first heard it
when Goldie Hawn, as a guest at the show given for Sammy Davis Jr. in 1989
before he died, read it aloud to him before singing "True Colors" written by Tom
Kelly, Billy Steinberg. I recorded the show on a VHS tape, being a BIG Sammy
fan, and re-played her reading of the poem countless times ... it always touched
me. I was 12 in 1989.)




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