Were Not We All Born Equal? Poem by Majid Gaggi

Why this injustice and inequality?
Are not we all, human beings on Earth, born equal?
If so, why all this suffering and pain?
We suffer and suffer, as our parents and grandparents before us.
Is it written on our own skin that we have to suffer so much?
For centuries, millions upon millions have been expelled from their
Homelands, They lost everything, properties and jobs.
They had to run barefoot with only their clothes on.
Again, now. And it's happening before the eyes of the world
Notwithstanding loud claims for
Human Rights, Equality and Justice
But where are those human rights, freedom and peace?
Shame! Shame on the world! On those void claims
Made of words but no action
We hear so many freedom & equality trumpets blast, but
We see no change for the better:
My God, when will this tragedy end?
Now we hear other loud claims on ‘Equality'.
How unbalanced is Mankind!
There —just a few dozen people whose wealth is larger
Than any human imagination, Here —billions who have to struggle
Every day for a living..
Were not we all, human beings on Earth, born equal?