Judge Not By What Makes Us Small

Or smaller we becomeA canon of self-inflicted strifeMeasures our self worthA mirror distorted by the heat ofJealousy, self-loathing, paranoia, and fearCasts images of truth and untruthTruth distortedUntruth reflectedNot simply by liesBut by silence and deflectionWhile wisdom is confused withAnalysis, prognostication, apology and spinAnd truth is mistaken for realityWhich is simply real, but not immutableUnless smaller we become asTruth finally resembles the realityInflicted on ourselves and each otherBy our smallness

Judge by what makes us thriveAnd we will,Or have a fighting chance