KEITH BURKHOLDER - POEM

Keith Burkholder has been published in Creative Juices, Sol Magazine, Trellis Magazine, Foliate Oak Literary Journal, New Delta Review, Poetry Quarterly, Scarlet Leaf Review, and Birmingham Arts Journal.  He has a bachelor's degree in statistics with a minor in mathematics from SUNY at Buffalo (UB).

​​People are wired to be bad

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Bashing happens in our world,
Bullying as well,
Minorities get discriminated against,
People aren't wired to be good,
The gays want to join the military,
They want to get married,
Even join the scouts,
Who cares?
They are humans as well,
People need to understand more about one another,
Especially since we are well into the 21st century,
Humans fear change,
They really do,
From high school to other places,
Change is hard for many,
Think about what is said here,
Try to change,
Try to have an open mind,
Again, believe what you want,
The world keeps rotating around the sun,
For tomorrow is a new day,
Take care,
And again, carpe diem.