PRIVILEGE BEFORE HUMANITY

To some, its a cruel joke,
a start determined by the flip
of a coin, concrete for some but
for some, everyday is a war,

the one of color and class,
about the have and have not's,
where privilege comes before
humanity,

the violent ocean of crashing
waves upon the poor, and
hungry mass,

lines of compassion scratched
out of the book of equality,
life without value,

votes, that rob children
of their smiles.