Beware Of Prejudice Poem by Kenneth Maswabi

Part of the human brain wants to judge
To judge all that you have never encountered
Smearing the unknown with black ink
Fortifying the fear deeply seated in your soul
Closing your eyes to new experiences

Prejudice brings injury to human life
Plastering the unknown truth with fear
Mutilating human relations
With unforgiving judgments
Puncturing the hope for peace & togetherness

Prejudice has given birth to many ills
Racism is the first born of prejudice
Tribalism and xenophobia are conjoined twins
Born out of the same prejudice womb
The poisonous ideas that inhabit human minds
Were never meant to see daylight
And should be kept hidden
In the darkest corners of the human mind