Contradictable Equality

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Don't look at me and say that you feel the same as me.

You are not my equal, you will never be as equal as me.

I fought for a voice that will never be heard.

You watched silently and took all the credit.

I repose with evil just to toughen my fragile skin.

You slumbered along side of me, ignoring my cry but vocalized your own.

I was punished for being the same, killed for being different.

You turned your nose while the crime against me happened.

Still you kneel on the side of me and express all this as if you have done this alone.

Don't look at me and say that you feel the same as me.

You are not my equal, you will never be as equal as me.

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Grant-Grey Porter Hawk Guda

Powerful expression! 

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