NO MORE STATUES

Elevated higher than you and I

On a pedestal

A plinth

A marble base

Statues

Glorifying one above another.

Whatever the cause

Whatever the reason

How is equality achieved

When such venerated persons tower above

Those they have served

Those they have led

Those they have exploited.

Do away with such icons

If we are equal, we are all equal

Let no one look down on another

Make no one look up to another.

Celebrate and commemorate

Events and actions

Turning points

In our history

But let us not elevate

Men and women to a higher status

Than they deserve.

Donald James Dolby ©2020

IMPRISONED BY YOUR PREJUDICE

When you see a tree, is it not just a tree

If you see me, do you not just see me?

What is it that frightens you?

What is it that scares you so?

Can you not see the life inside?

Why is your mind so tight?

Closed to any other thought

Than the colour of the skin

Why, with all the things you miss

Are you so blinded by your prejudice?

What is that darkness in your heart

The evil in your soul

Do you not realise

How narrow is your view

Open up your fettered mind

And let your heart fly free

If nothing else consider this

Don't be imprisoned by your prejudice.

Break free

Will you break free

When you see a tree, will you just see a tree

If you see me, will you just see me?

DJD ©2020