If Only We Could Have Been Children Together

I see him

he's different

my judgment

misleads

for I repeat to myself

the words of another

the words of the bigot

who taught me

He knows not of my mind

I have not spoken

my beliefs aloud

He does not see

the darkness

within my heart

Why is it

that he can continue on

with a smile

while I harbor

a feeling of distrust

because of our differences

If we had been allowed

to be thrown together

while we were children

we would never have known

that there was anything

different to judge

My judgment

has destroyed

the man that I

was supposed to be