Lost & Found

If being found means I must embrace fear, then count me as lost

If being found encourages my fear to form an allegiance with hatred, then count me as lost

If being found causes my hatred to form an allegiance with bigotry, then count me as lost

If being found allows my bigotry to entertain discrimination of any kind…

Please, oh please, count me as lost

Do not come find me to live in your world of fear

Do not come find me to live in your world of hatred

Do not come find me to live in your world of bigotry

Do not come find me to live in your world of discrimination

This is not the conviction of faith

This is not the perception of hope

This is not the expression of love

Rather it leaves the handprint of ignorance

The footprint of arrogance

The stench of evil 

And the bloodstains of the innocent

Count me among the found when it leads me to a faith secure enough it rejects fear

Count me among the found when it leads me to a hope bright enough it engulfs hatred

And count me among the found when it leads me to a love so great it includes humanity

@Melissa_Hyson