A foul seed is growing in our civilizationThat stifles and hinders any communication.
People unite in passionate disunity
As dissent grips our disjointed community
We're pointing with guilty fingers at each other
Then we conspire together against yet another.
We make us feel important through discrimination
Till we succumb to deceitful indoctrination.
Saying my enemy's enemy is my friend
Is a one-way ticket into a dead end
With nothing possible but simple condescension
Against those who do not fit our comprehension.
There was a time when we looked out for one another
Where we truly were each other's sister and brother.
There was a time when we knew no man's an island
Where in the face of evil we didn't stay silent.
There was a time when we noticed other's struggles
Where we looked out not to double their troubles.
Now we condemn those fleeing conflict as rabid dogs
Not remembering the times we burnt down synagogues.
Our states got richer, yet fight wars on poverty
Not seeing inequality's harsh lottery.
The foul seed - once small - has grown to a sturdy tree
Converting us into division's devotees.