Discrimination

First published in ARN Journal 2014

We are the alien nation within

we who are restricted

by money

by colour

by faith

by sex

by ability

by age

by belief.

By the ill informed judgment of others

we are bound.

By the laws of the rulers

we are chained.

By our own people

we are sold into slavery,

and only by our own people

will we be set free

The hand that reaches out to help another,

is the hand that frees both itself

and friend.

©Copyright Niall OConnor 2013