Xenophobia
Life runs in a furrow
the known makes for you narrow
knowledge is a sense of security
journey you waver to take beyond familiarity
there the fear lies.
Challenges build tough barrier
you try but can't cross over
you may aim to change the track to win
the venture you don’t risk for it's unseen
there the fear lies.
Some known roads will disappear for sure
you can no longer travel secure
in the unknown outside your domain
things unsensed out of sight they remain
there the fear lies.
If you build a new road and be proud
it would soon be full of crowd
strangers would come and stay on
an act of intrusion you would reckon
there the fear lies.
The mind coded to own the own
receives signals unsafe and unknown
in the clutch of undefined terror it closes
you're scared by the unknown otherness
there the fear lies.
August 29, 2017.
Copyright © Subimal Sinha-Roy | Year Posted 2017
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