Equality
Equality
By: Tom Wright
07/01/98
Shall all mankind be painted
with the same brush?
We go about as blind men
always in a mad rush.
Man is not flesh and bone,
poured into a mold.
With different tongues we mesh,
our place in life to hold.
Should pigment of one's skin
determine where we rest?
Or work be judged
on less than our best?
Opportunities for each, should exist,
For each of us possess.
Discount gender, short or tall,
Using skills alone assess.
Should age a factor be?
On this should we deny?
While seeking but a chance
one's skills to apply.
God made us individuals
Though forgotten this seems to be.
Each downward reaching hand
From life's snares we may one free.
God, did not cast aside certain races, creeds, nationalities, the overweight,
the ugly, or those with character blemishes unlike our own. Neither should
we deny any man on these grounds.
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