Riding in the dark of passed down core lies
We, humans believe what we would about another
Interlocking watered facts that obscure truths without sifting through ideas
Painstakingly judging the other
We speak our thoughts in inaudible whispers and call them “patterns”
While hinging it on the other’s background
We stand our ground and
cause unnecessary breaches in connections
On the defensive for a nonexistent trait
Yet, we put the other person in unwarranted crossfire
Breaking down another’s self worth through myopic lenses just so we can measure up
Bewildering of us to seek forgiveness when we are found out
Rather than being authentic and honest with our prejudice from the onset.
We submit to the age-old truism that our world entails a spate of crossfire
You run through it if you must escape.
Zuriel 