it makes me sick to think on
all the things that have gone wrong
the world is full of assholes
singing the same song
"it wasn't me, it's not our fault"
and then they lay the blame
on the doorstep of the innocents
and loudly they declaim
"live in fear and hate that guy
for things he didn't do,
but someone did who looked like him
and next he'll come for you"
they blame color, race, religion
forget our shared humanity
unless the terror looks like them
then blame insanity
they focus on the symptoms
and ignore the deeper cause
a lack of empathy
will never give them pause
and yet the only recourse
against the intolerant
is more kindness and compassion
just as oberdurate
steadfast in your goodness be
believe in better days
created by the thoughtful
in a million tiny ways
be the change you want to see
put hatred on the shelf
choose to act from love not fear
be your better self
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