Wasteland
a Poem by Raquel Swann
Excuse me
While I try to live my life
You spend your precious time worrying
That what I do, will not be good
For a world you have created in your terrible mind
A planet where bigotry and misogyny
Are perfectly acceptable
A wasteland where the religion you follow
Allows you to harm me
Allows you to ridicule me
Allows you to judge me
Your hatred is an infectious disease
Spread down from your ignorant kin
Words containing a virus filled with poison
Passed down for generations
I have the technology to deflect you
I have the means to ignore you
I have the will to know what is right
Inside my heart
For if you strike me I will become stronger
As others will discover your true nature
For if you kill me I will become an icon of peace
Giving others the knowledge
That there are people like you amongst us
The light of goodness shines within my soul
There has always been a darkness inside of yours
I surround myself with those
who see a future where
you cannot
exist.
