The world is full of small people—
Not little, but small.
The kind who view the world in a box
and choose right and wrong
based on their minimal perception
then force others to conform
to their way of thinking
or else suffer the consequences.
People like this clutter the world
with their petty, diminutive view
of Life the way it ought to be
instead of the way it is.
People like this are hurtful
People like this are wrong
People like this ruin people like us
(if you can be joined
in the group of those
who step back to view the larger picture,
and make appropriate judgments based on facts,
not opinions).
I despise small people
I hurt when they choose to categorize me
It affects me when they judge me
as if I didn’t matter.
Would not the world be better
if everyone expanded
their view in order to avoid
snap judgments and biased opinions?
I think it would
and yet I vow
to allow others their choice
as I would wish to have from them.
2 comments:
This is such a deep poem. I agree with it's message; small people... Who needs them? I guess we can tolerate them to challenge ourselves into becoming better people.
This is written very well. I too have been a victim of simple minded humans and have attempted at writing about it, but was not pleased w/ how I expressed it. You took the words right out of my mouth.
When I feel this way though-like I can't show them how wrong they are-I pray my all-time favorite prayer that I advise to you...
"God grant me the SERENITY to accept the things I cannot change; the COURAGE to change the things I can, and the WISDOM to know the difference." This has really helped me when nothing else word.
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