We’re living in a world

Where power is a valued commodity

And those that can afford it

Are terrified of sharing.

Where we fear discrimination

Because being different is inevitable

But it can also get you killed.

Hate is hate is hate

And it doesn’t matter which mouth

Or which hand practices it

Because negativity is an infection

And humanity reeks of death.

There is hope though,

Buried beneath piles of lies

And walls erected to separate

To keep us blind, deaf and dumb

To keep us from realizing

That by perpetuating hatred and distrust

We’ll only cause inversion.

“The more things change,

The more they stay the same.”