Intolerant to Tolerance

Intolerant to Tolerance

(Poem by Serenus)

 

They tolerate your gayness

You should be so glad

 They’re indifferent to your difference

They’re not the one’s calling you F*g

 

 They tolerate your blackness

Racism…They’re much bigger

In their minds-They’re colorblind

They’ve never uttered

The word N****r

 

They tolerate your religion

Muslims,

Jews,

And Christians

Believe what you want to believe

They tolerate your decision

 

They tolerate your opinion

They tolerate your facts

They tolerate your voice

They even let you talk back

 

They can stomach you as a person

Isn’t that honorable?

Doesn’t it feel great…

 To be so tolerable?

 

We all need to pull together

And strive to be prosperous

It’s time to move forward

And be intolerant to tolerance.

Reviews

[icelandicblue]

Acceptance is what we all should strive for. I think poems like this are extremely important to help heighten our awareness of the rampant prejudice that permeates our society. We all need to be out there talking about it and examining our own behaviors and perceptions. Thanks for writing this.

[Sirius King]

i totally agree

thanx ice!

[KAOlmsted]

I'm glad I skimmed through the reviews before I wrote mine because I was going to say pretty much the exact same thing BR said...like verbatim *laugh* So...yeah, what Baby said ;-) I really should try to get here first.

[Sirius King]

Baby Ricochet beat you to the punch... that means ur slackin lol jk...thanx kimmer :-)

[KAOlmsted]

I know! But the man has reflexes like a cat ;-) Always my pleasure, SR. Always.

[Sirius King]

Lol :-)

[Frieda P]

Okay, you punched me in the gut with this one! Well said, it speaks for itself, I don't have to say much more. Bravo.
100/100

[Sirius King]

thanx Frieda! :-)

[Frieda P]

Twas all my pleasure :-)

[spiritwind]

That was so well-said, Serenus Raymone. You made your point without being heavy-handed. Bravo!! I want to read more of your work!

[Sirius King]

thanx! feel free...i'll check urs out as well :-)

[Baby Ricochet]

Tolerance isn't the same as acceptance. Great poem Mr Raymone

[Sirius King]

thanx man, im glad u got it...i thought the message would get lost