When first we met I saw your lovely eyes look into mine Then dart away for just an instant To the part of me that says is different Embarrassed, you try to hide the fact that you've noticed You would not want to hurt my feelings How droll Speak it out The question I read in your eyes Why is he set this way apart from me Is there really a pointed difference between us If you this question pose to me I'll answer you as best I can Although the limits of your mind will not adjust to compute the technicalities Of my world's inheritance For Vulcan is not your mother Earth It is the world I grew up in As far removed from yours as worlds can be The wonder is that I communicate with you at all For deep within me Are the differences you cannot see The differences that are my shields against the love and hate That weaken you and make you vulnerable And yet I will admit There stirs in me a curiosity to know these feelings For if just once I could command the change in me And come to know them Perhaps I'd comprehend what makes you what you are And in reverse If you could live for just a moment In my world And recognize what makes me what I am Perhaps that would the catalyst be To harmonize the difference between you and me