Equal Existence

Let's be honest here.
We all know it's there.
The elephant in the room
hasn't disappeared into thin air.

Lately, every morning
after my face is washed and dried
a news anchor comes on and 
a man, a woman, a child has died.

Everyone puts up a defense.
He's White, He's Hispanic, He's Black.
No excuses for the dignity
that some of us lack.

The pigment of our skin is irrelevent.
You aren't superior.
We are all the same;
none inferior