You Are Not Goliath
by How We Are· from To Teach A Hundred And One
A bloodthirsty monster.
The paint on the wall tells us all we need to know.
So cleverly drawn up, we know you without having met.
Paid our admission.
Blank stares through cold bars.
Held captive, never given the change to show us who you are.
Does it matter?
Our opinions have been formed, minds made up.
But this is your story not theirs.
Your eyes tell the tale, if we cared to listen.
This cage does not dictate who you are.
We only see what we've been told to see.
No thought that there could be something more.