Of Phobias Two

 

 

 

Of the myriad phobias

There are two that are right here:

Islam and homosexuality

These two bring me much fear.

 

And they are on the increase

In numbers and in strength

And to accomplish all they desire

They will go to any length.

 

Only just the other day

I came across a brand-new fear

Islam-a-phobia was its name

And someone said it’s here.

 

 

So just imagine this:

These two fast growing fears

Islam-a-phobia and homophobia

And both of them are here.

 

The difference in these two

From the phobias that I know

Would be their very subtle deception

And the rate at which they grow.

 

They can sneak in the backdoor

In very undercover ways

And their appeal to tolerance

Do on our mind plays.

 

Nothing’s wrong with either

Is the unenlightened comment

Plus, the stigmatizing of all persons

That in any way resent.

 

 

I desperately try to understand

The agendas of these two

And they both seem set of coercing

All and sundry to their view.

 

 

I follow both across the world

In places where they are like towers

And their status in some countries

Has given them great power.

 

Yes, I hear you loud and clear,

“Why should they be a worry?”

And my answer to such a query

Comes out in many a story.

 

Stories in many places

Where both have stormed ahead

Leading to many disillusioned families

And many more that dread.

 

The dread of that initial lure

Like a fish that’s drawn to the bait

That struggles to escape its hook

But alas, it is too late.

 

And therein lies my fear

Call it a phobia, if you like,

The truth of the matter strikingly is

For many, it is a fright.

 

And the backing they have

Both financially and otherwise

Says they will be around for a while

Up front and in disguise.

 

 

Of phobias two

Only to the enlightened that fear

For there are many that don’t

And to me that is clear.

 

At first, they appear harmless

Until they get a “foot in the door”

But thereafter they take over

After one has taken the lure.

 

Many a daunting phobia

Is a fear and nothing more

But these two that I have mentioned

Have much more in store.

 

 

They both decimate the family

By weakening its building blocks:

One through its jihadists,

The other at nothing stops.

  

One takes a community’s adults

The other inhibits birth,

Islam and homosexuality

These two phobias in the earth.

 

Stewart Russell © September 23, 2021