What a Thought!

Try to imagine how it feels--

And this does happen, bear in mind--

To be told by another person,

"Sorry, but we don't serve your kind."

Try to imagine what it's like

To hear over and over that you

Cannot enjoy the same rights

That the majority of people do

Because of the color of your skin,

Beliefs, or sexual orientation.

Humankind is crippled by

Despicable discrimination.

You can apply faulty logic

And you can be falsely pious,

Using contrived arguments

To cleverly justify your bias.

Such sophistry comes to nothing.

Falling short right from the start,

It treats humanity with contempt

And reveals a hollow human heart.

What a wonderful world we'd have

If the whole human race

Embraced the powerful idea that

Discrimination had no place!

(8-20-17) By Bob B