They say, “Beauty lies in the eyes
of the beholder”,
Words I have heard, many a time,
since the days I was a kinder.
We were all born equal, yet on some
we bestow, the title beautiful and a special status,
Evaluate the rest with ignorant
eyes, and in disdain deem them worthless;
The prize to summarize, is that, in
our minds, beautiful is perceived superior,
Slim or fat, tall or short, young or
old, white or black, when compared, the latter viewed as inferior;
Do we stop our unfounded judgement
there, no, most certainly not!
Proceed to create a universal
perception, or we haven’t played our worthy part!
We inflict these views on everyone
around, dare a voice raise against us loud,
We isolate and stomp it down,
discredited and banished it stands alone;
Slowly these views get imbued, into
impressionable young minds and old,
Subconsciously the world starts to
believe true, the skewed scales you have sold;
Your legacy of lies and askew
acuities, grows stronger with each passing generation,
Till the day comes when the victims
unite, and protest together as a conglomeration.
So dear friend, as you age, do
evaluate, the standards set when you were a kinder,
No matter how right or just you
think your stance, our ideals may need a mender.
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