Conservative

by

Richard Betts Jr.

A legless person
Who teaches running.
One who relies less on compassion
And more on cunning.

One who is too tired to think,
And too afraid to fight,
Who thinks the entire world
Should tilt to the right.

One who is resistant
To difference and change.
Someone who regards diversity
As suspect and strange.

One who feels secure
In the safety of the past.
One who would rather sit still
Than progress so fast.

One who finds comfort
In the corner of complacency.
One who faces the future
With halting steps of hesitancy.

One who fears
What he does not know.
Someone who takes pride
In the status quo.

NEXT?
Why don't you look at Death in Flinders Lane
by: Francis Duggan
from: Wonthaggi, Victoria, Australia

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