Contrast, by Ryan McAfee

Contrast 

Shopping malls

And cane houses.

Contrast.

Razor sharp contrast.

It makes you think.

New cars

And old bicycles.

Contrast.

Bone chilling contrast. 

It makes you feel.

Water for decoration

And water to live.

Contrast.

Ugly, horrible contrast.

It forces you to believe.

Never stop thinking.

That’s when problems have no solutions.

Never stop feeling.

That’s when the oppressed are forgotten.

And never stop believing,

Because that’s when the contrast becomes permanent.