A virus spreading through the world
This epidemic hasn\'t just unfurled
Symptoms including ignorance and hate
Increasing at an incalculable rate
Emotions drown any other single thought
Creating more war with the peace we sought
Only seeing a piece, never the whole
Revoking humanity no longer a person with a soul
Enemies are people, and we are our enemies
Jailed by a flawed lens, yet holding the keys
Allowing our shadows to come and take control
Spreader of Hatred as our new role
Forget understanding for fear
Give up hope for more war
Lose your love to claim hate
Wearing blindfolds, wrapped in a cocoon
Caged and now unwilling to be free
And unless you decide to take it off soon
There\'ll be nothing left for you to see
\"If we could read the secret history of our enemies we should find in each man\'s life sorrow and suffering enough to disarm all hostility.\" -Henry Wadsworth Longfellow