Understanding Differently I In December now I remember how The sun set early the moon rose late In between the two in the dark somehow Through the deep blue of the velvet sky Under diamond stars that fascinate Out wondering about things like fate Outgrowing asking to understand why Answering why not the world goes by Who knows why but it goes and so do I II Marisol is not pretty She is beautiful Eating spaghetti Dutifully until she is full Chewing and chewing She knows what she is doing As she does because Al dente is what Marisol does So she eats it all No leftovers to be found With a hound around Like big tough beautiful Marisol III How do these dogs understand me so Well they can tell what I mean though I may not know myself? How do they know What they do? But they do seeing through Me seeing me through as they do Seeing me being an animal too IV Understanding differently Standing out as different Where everybody was the same I was how I was There but now am where I went On to be gone becoming came At last to this conclusion Here and now because Out and up and past illusion Meaning to be where I meant To find the meaning it found me Under a Joshua tree Doing what it does Out standing in a field of sand Joshua trees understand As much as anybody why Understanding differently We shrug our shoulders to the sky Steven Curtis Lance