Infection

poem by: John Prophet
Written on Apr 23, 2019

Humanity is
infected.
Infected with
 malice.
Infected with 
hate.
Infected
with fear!
Infected with
Ideas of
difference.
Thoughts of
exclusion.
We 
come to
existence
the 
same way.
Born with
clean slates.
Once born
infection occurs.
Clean slates
filled with
local thoughts,
local ideas.
Ideas of the
ancients.
Fear of
the other.
Fear of
the other
side of the
mountain,
other side 
of the sea!
Ancient ideas
of fear and
exclusion.
Fear of the
others infection.
Clean slates
polluted with
archaic thoughts,
pitting one 
against another.
Clean slates 
soiled 
with fear,
filled with
nonsense.
Clean slates
brainwashed,
infected,
controlled 
by the 
powers
of fear!

 

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A previous user commented on Apr 23, 2019 at 4:15am
Always a dark side to everything we do. What doesn't kill you makes you scared to go near it again ;)
Frank Hornby . commented on May 02, 2019 at 2:56pm
You are so right JG.....all born with a "clean slate"......why do so many turn into ........monsters?....another one of your clever thought provoking poems...

 

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