What is Fair

What is Fair?

Can I cook with it,

producing a life’s dinner to satisfy

What is Fair?

Can I sew with it

creating a fashion

to clothe the multitudes

What is Fair?

Can I draft it up

editing along the way

to correct its errors

What is Fair?

Can I write about it

or will it warn me to

surrender my pen

What is Fair?

Will it fairly allow life to

hand out justice

What is Fair?

will it court the impartial

to yard in to

predisposition bias

What is Fair?

Will it take my hand

in a dance to

equality

What is Fair?

Can it resurrect buried

hopes

To inflict new anticipations

What is Fair?

Will it sanction the sun

to rise from the rains

of flood

What is Fair?

Will it approve the rains

to water down

on grounds of drought

What is Fair

Will it endorse the betrayed

to avenge back

On its prey

What is Fair?

Will it cover the lies

that truth did not have the

will to uncover

Fair, I ask of you….

Offer reasonable

Present justice

Attend to open-mindedness

Grace rational

Refine non-discriminatory

Alter dispassionately

Dress honest

Devour decent

Produce patience

Honour love

Forgive injustice

Embrace hope

Deny betrayal

Flavour faithfulness

Induce kindness

Fair, what is Fair?

It rides on our own backs

Waiting to be let down…

Fair, will you kneel for it

To stand?

Salwa Samra © 2012

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