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We come to this world of surprises at a time we don't choose! Not knowing if we'll get to a paradise or hell would break loose! We are born to parents whom we yet have to know well enough! We've no clue if our home is a cosy palace or cottage too rough! Yet to discover who would be there among our family and friends! If we will have many to pamper us or left on our own to meet ends! Will we make it into the Ivy Leagues or ghetto streets be our schools? To groom us into scholars for the academia or workmen using tools! We don't even know if we'd be able-bodied and have a lucid mind! Or ones with some special needs who depend on others to be kind! Sent into the uneven terrains of life, we have a battle of survival to fight! Told no matter how we are ambushed, never choosing wrong over right! We see all kinds of folks, some playing by the rules and others free-style! With foul play giving a winning edge, the righteous gets shaky for a while! Some have all the odds on their sides and still prey on the hapless ones! When sweet words could bring peace, they want to play with their guns! We quietly see the humans being massacred, scream on shooting a bird! Why listen to the divisive, not giving peacemakers a chance to be heard? There are already lots of differences in what we are blessed with at birth! Some are destined to live a life in misery, others always giggling in mirth! It is not the gross inequalities we are born with, which agonize us the most! What grieves us is how we share the bounties of world, that's our only host! The hungry and poor don't ask for having every luxury in its perfect equality! What those suffering souls need is just to afford a square meal with frugality! We excel in our armchair lip-service, whether we are a politician or a nerd! When we know it's our right, why don't we strive for a fair and equal world? --- I hope you liked this post with poetry matching a touching pic! I have 33 selected posts at the link https://www.linkedin.com/today/author/167523528?_mSplash=1 All my posts are shared through my Facebook page "Hear those pics Say what clicks" https://www.facebook.com/PicsAndPoets The same posts are also shared publicly and are accessible to everyone through my Google+ page https://plus.google.com/app/basic/115917439500657563567?source=appredir LinkedIn post at https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/article/20140914154558-167523528-fair-and-equal-world?_mSplash=1&published=t
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