Poem in response to Reduced Inequalities
October 2018
The Same Within
By Kelsey Cashman

We are equal.
No person is worth less than another.
Age, race, sex, class-
None of that should matter.
We are equal.
So why is there inequality?
Why can’t all people
Have a life of high quality?
We are equal.
But still there is poverty
And very poor treatment
Of any minority.
We are all born equal,
With a brain and a heart.
But right after birth
The inequity starts.
Whether place of birth
Or color of skin,
We are all equal,
We’re the same within.
The same opportunity
Should be given to all,
But as of today
The inequalities appall.
All the world’s problems
Away we can wheedle,
Only by working together
As an equal people.