Good Time To Climb

Somewhere in the depths of us The deepest depths of all of us We want to feel higher up And looking down can get it done Didn't we curb urges to oppress The ones we used to see as less Weren't we so ranked at the sun's behest That we saw sisters and brothers as less Chin up they say, it's not that grim At least your not like her or him Or he or she or they or them Your clean compared to her or him! And deep down in the depths of us The same deep depths of all of us A conscience fights under its own banner And holds us high to its own bright standard Can a soul be lit by another's light And know the darkness of its nights Would all our wrongs turn into rights If we see the darkness of its nights Why perch on a ladder and scan with our eyes When we ourselves are steps behind Could be a billion steps behind Bad time to look down, good time to climb