the circular strain

The sickness will forever be
Given to the bias
Look no further see no more

Penalty prior to the verdict
Those who differ cannot breathe
Closing in, absorbing soul
The right to be has ceased

Strengthen us to see
Free us from disparity
Free us from our avarice
Divergence is fate

Graceless in our hatred
Seek to blame the few
Minorities despised

Defilement of the mind
Shattering their spirit
Trivial identity
Intolerance as law