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Cultural Mores Mirror
the moral landscape changes
with new blood surfacing
amplifying the flaws
inherent
in the collective psyche
my ingrained prejudices
bubble to the surface
harming
my interaction with my fellow man
disagreeing
with my elders
ancient scripts
based upon oral traditions
faithfully handed down
and embroidered upon
to suit the occasion
holding a mirror up to my heart
I had to distil my own truth
I refrained
from looking in the mirror
blaming
the cultural mores
for my current stance
turning a blind eye
to the injustices
and the crime
I must first practice to take the painful plank out of my own eye
before I could judge their truth
I failed to reason with my own
Copyright ©
Suzette Richards
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