"Island of Misfit"

Blinded eyes dismiss

Cruelty’s words sting; ugly, homely, misfit

Society’s outcast languishes to be redeemed

The scarlet letter screams

That shatters never land’s dreams

“What is REAL?” [1]

Graffiti ridden Steele

Surrounds in the shadows

Bullets pierce, needles shake

Despair cries with each wake

The untouchables break

On the fringes

Hope inches

 Where words lynch 

Jesus calls

To love the least of these

By Shannon McKemie 08-01-2012

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[1] From Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams; a conversation between Rabbit and the Skin Horse