Thoughts

I wrote this a while ago, in the ten minutes grace I got when I was supposed to be doing dishes.

Rough as, and I've taken most of my thoughts too far, but anyway. I guess it partly shows  the thoughts that were going through my head at the time. How glad I am I didn't get a "penny for your thoughts" just then – the poor person probably would have died. Here it is…

Prejudice

Numbs opinion, dims vision,

Portrays pride, hampers decision.

Causer of even greater derision.

                  

To look without looking–

‘Tis what you see,

In everyday life,

In you and in me.

To make blind many men,           

Weaken the weaker,

Hindering truthful thought,

Apparent in the speaker.

An invisible, visible enemy,

Making heavy out of light,

Smote it dead in the bud –

Don’t give in without a fight.

Unconsciously decided, for no apparent reason,

Massacring true reason,

Portrayed in much, and little, alike,

Without set time, place, or season.

Alongside sight discrimination,

Where colour, size, and sound are law,

Unlawful, unuttered, mind set without thought,

Decided, prior to  feature or flaw.

Fight it – examine yourself,

To be not as guilty of it as I,

And winning find that deciding vice,

Is gone, with all it’s lie.

Claire Halliday ©2011ClaNaHa