If we are all truly equal
Why am I prevented from
Speaking my mind
But with others
It's considered a right?
Am I not human?
If we are all truly equal
Where are my rights now?
If they can be taken away
They're privileges
That I don't have
Am I not human?
"You are the future"
Is their common refrain
But is their idea
Of the future really
As trammeled as us?
If we are all truly equal
Why are my rights expendable
And yours are sacred?
Why is there imbalance?
Am I not human?
If we are all truly equal
Why are we treated as children
And then expected
To behave like adults?
Are we not human?
I like how in the begging you say the line "am i not human" and in the end you say "are we not human" it really is cool that you found a way to loop your poem.
ReplyDeletei really liked how you would repeat your am i human line
ReplyDeleteGreat poem! The rhetorical questions really helped convey your point and it is overall very agreeable and relatable.
ReplyDeleteI like how the message of your poem is simple, yet is also really complex if you think more closely about it. I think the message this poem conveys is especially relevant in today's culture and society.
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