Without Prejudice

Take a stroll through your past life
It’s horrifying isn’t it, what you’ve found?
A past that continually haunts you
Choices made irresponsibly unsound 

Now take an in-depth look again
Dismiss the prejudice you possess
So much conflict and anger
A learned behavior to be my guess

Someone poisoned your thoughts
Teaching you chauvinistic displays
Someone taught you incorrectly 
Without prejudice was never a way

Take an unprejudiced look at your life now 
And all that you’ve become
Don’t be foolish and fall under
Her bigotry; you’re under her thumb

Remain unbiased and always remember
All the fairness I’ve preached to you
Approach each person without prejudice
For the next one to be judged, could be you

© Stacy Lynn Stiles
Copyright © | Year Posted 2007

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