What is this smog that covers
your eyes so you cannot see
the truth about your narrow view
of the world and the sharp bigotry
that seems normal but is obscene?

We two were born from the same
stock and grew together but now
apart, for this view of people and
difference does not sit well with my
understanding that all beings are
worthy of respect and not to be
labelled with names that cut away their
humanity like a butcher trimming meat.

The smog has not lifted and perhaps
it will not, for you are you and I am
I, and I watch you in the smog with wonder
about how all this came to be that we
are family but are so far removed.

 

28/3/2025