Zero Discrimination Day
Poem: March 1st - Zero Discrimination Day
Zero Discrimination Day
March 1st
Discrimination builds its wall,
with mortar made of fear,
it stands to make our voices small,
confusing what we hear.
It draws a hard line in the dust,
tells lies of what we’ve lost
it trades away our common trust,
compassion is the cost.
It brands a face with borrowed blame,
then calls its actions fair,
it sharpens difference into shame
and leaves division there.
But hope lays down a stronger claim,
where every soul is known,
it speaks each living, rightful name
and breaks the wall of stone.
Let March begin with open ground
where every step is free,
no border where our hope is found,
just shared humanity.
By Heather Patton / Verdant Butterfly
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