Acceptance

Equality.

One of man's greatest desires.

A woman preaching for the right to vote.

A black man pleading for colored revolution.

Two people in love wanting to marry,

first light and dark

then the same gender.

We have not achieved it.

Kids walk in the hall with their eyes on the ground.

The news doesn't cover many if any of the murdered queers in hate crimes.

A teacher is too busy with the best students to notice a troublesome raised hand.

A woman can work harder than a man and get paid a fraction of what he earns.

The colored can succeed yet many sit in ghettos embracing stereotypes.

Someone can marry a horse,

but not a person they love with the same genitalia.

A girl who was born a boy disgusts her once loving partner.

We are all sitting in the jury,

but everyone thinks they are the judge.

It could all be fixed

The solution is actually quite simple

If everyone would just stop caring so much

about how others live their lives

People need to realize

Their vision of what someone's life should be

will not bring that person happiness.

Acceptance.

that's all we need

to accept people are

different shapes sizes personalities genders sexualities beliefs decisions religions

but we are all the same

we scream when we feel pain

we cry when our baby dies

we revel in fleeting moments

we make mistakes and hurt others

we want someone to care

we need something to turn to

we break

and we pick up the pieces.

The same body parts.

The same emotions.

In the end a knife doesn't stop to ask if you believe in God

a bullet doesn't pause and inquire of your sexuality

a train doesn't slow to observe your color

a tornado doesn't care if you are rich or poor

Death shows equality.

We will all meet it some day.

Don't spend life judging others

those people are just doing what makes them happy

while you stand red-faced and glaring

wasting time you could be doing the same.

In the end, death will show you the way.

Death is equality.

Life is acceptance.