Burkini Ban Exposed

(Written on the 2016 ban of burkinis by several French coastal cities)

So you think

You’ll defend your liberty

At the expense of mine?

You think what I wear or don’t wear

Is any of your business?

You think you’ll prevent

Terrorism

By making your law abiding citizens

Unwelcome?

Is my skin so important

To you

That if I don’t show it at the beach

Your feelings are hurt?

Is your equality

Only for those who are the same

As you?

Clearly Muslims

Are not welcome

Are Jews welcome?

Are Christians welcome?

How long

Will it take you

To realize

That you cannot have

Your freedom

When you withhold

Mine

And that a society

That demands

Sameness

Will in time

Imprison

You all