Fear of Difference

The place of fear envelops here.

No way to tell, what’s coming

From the rear, or what’s ahead.

The smoking mirror is an illusion.

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Sometimes I wonder where

Is truth in life? Where do the two

Intersect, when it really matters?

Lies confuse, swallow what’s real.

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The lie I feel to be real, is

That which hangs around my neck,

When I gather in spaces,

Of those with like mindedness.

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Bricks and mortar, or digital

Groups, it doesn’t matter.

Both are full of walls, constructed

Alike, to keep others out.

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I am out, even if I am in.

I am not present, when the lies

Begin. I step out, of my own

Volition, when the air is thin.

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I have no patience, for groups

Dividing, over fears of others,

Who do not threaten. Being

Unique is not a sin,

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Without or within.

Yet, I find in my behavior,

The same judgment, of myself,

And those around me.

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Perhaps, it is most true,

In those who are least comfortable

With themselves or others,

A state of being, most common.

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And with the discomfort,

Comes a fear, a sense of

Vulnerability, to be devoured,

By the enemies that exist,

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Even if those enemies are created,

In ones own mind alone,

For we also put up walls around

Ourselves, in order to protect,

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Even if there is no need,

For we do not realize, sometimes,

Who is with and who is against, for

Those who put up walls,

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Can be our greatest friends.

I hope I come to see, the company

That’s all around me, is the asset

Best to help me, my true family.