"Outwitted" by Edwin Markham

"When my brothers try to draw a circle to exclude me, I shall draw a larger circle to include them." So said transgender civil rights activist Pauli Murray. That quotation from Murray reminded me of the inspirational poem below.


OUTWITTED
by Edwin Markham

He drew a circle that shut me out --
Heretic, rebel, a thing to flout.
But Love and I had the wit to win:
We drew a circle that took him in!

Edwin Markham

To read about him, click here.