Discrimination Poem by Makoto Ogino

When I was little,
I've been suffered discrimination.

At starting point,
I couldn't be notice the situation.

Only difference between I and others
was that I was new commer.

I was not a native there,
I was a stranger.

I've learned about human,
that wasn't believable creature.

Every time I tasted pain,
I felt their poor and miserable nature.

Lots of sadness
came into my heart.

My damage was so severe,
that I couldn't restart.

There was nothing
to be helpful, around.

This was the true nature
of human being, I've found.

People always hate others,
who are different from them.

People never accept others,
that did not benefit them.

...Enough! !


I can't continue
being suffered terribly from them any more.

I can't continue
being nervous for their sake never more.

I thought
I could depend nothing on them at all.

I decided
standing on my own foot and withdrew them all.

No expect to others,
no discourages from them.

No reliance on others,
no betrayal by them.

I've learned
keeping safe distance from others all time.

And I've learned
to avoid troubles by those evils at anytime.

I could start
living peacefully in this way.

I thought
I would be going on this way.

And once I've been freed
from evil curse of people barely,

I've found the fact
they also hurt each other poorly.

I was disgusted but never thought,
it's my turn to negrect them.

Because, doing this way,
means I was the same with them.

I threw myself
into loneliness with silence.

Neither as a victim nor as an assaulter,
concern with them was out of my patience.


But after long time passed...

I could find a person,
who can kindly accept me.

We could understand each other
and this could change me.

Whether it was good or bad,
everything was acceptable.

Finally I knew warm heart of human
that let me think people a bit approvable.