One Sky, A Thousand Stories: A Poem on Prejudice and Humanity

We share the same sky,

breathe the same air,

Yet build invisible walls everywhere.

Not made of stone, nor brick, nor steel,

but of thoughts that create wounds and refuse to

heal.

A face, a language, a faith, a name,

And suddenly, we are not the same.

We judge a story before it's told,

Turning Living hearts to labels cold.

Prejudice whispers, quiet and deep,

teaching us fears we blindly keep.

It points the world in black and white,

and like the colours of human light.

Stereotypes are fragile Lies,

Yet strong enough to blind our eyes.

They hide the dreams, the ache, the grace,

That makes each soul a unique place.

How strange it is that we admire

the rainbow's shades, the sunset's shine,

Yet struggle to embrace the beauty

found in humanity's diversity.

A thousand stories live in one heart,

A thousand journeys shape each part.

But prejudice sees only a shell,

ignoring the truths that dwell within.

It breaks the bridges we could build,

Leaves words unsaid and hopes unfulfilled

It turns strangers into enemies,

and weakens bonds that could bring peace

Yet beneath every colour, every creed,

lives the same desire, the same need -

To be respected, understood, free,

to belong within humanity.

So let us silence fear's old voice,

And compassion is our first choice.

For when labels fade, and kindness starts,

the walls fall between our hearts.

And then we’ll see, beyond all divide,

No race, no border, no separate side-

Just countless souls beneath one sky,

Connected by the same human cry

WRITTEN BY-

js a yapper (Saanvi)