Coping With Cancel Culture
Instruction which refuses to clearly break through
bigotry has no place in a person’s world view.
Mock training which teaches selective tolerance
eclipses the sure light that honest study grants.
Copious clouds of questions are left unanswered;
bewildering our brains so beliefs become blurred.
To own one’s education needs safe oversight;
hardened clay can not be remolded overnight.
One’s free exercise of spirit, mind and body
must allow other folks the same autonomy.
February 18, 2021
inspired by Helen Keller quote:
"The highest result of education is tolerance."
contest: Open Poetry 2
sponsor: Charlotte Puddifoot
Copyright © Reason A. Poteet | Year Posted 2021
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