Progress

Once trapped and fettered

in a cycle of injustice, unfairness, and spite.

Now freed

and able to taste the light of equality

wishing for a future more optimistic than bleak.

Yet not all have adapted to this new thinking.

Only some have conformed to the new norm.

Some still wish to attack others

in the most deceitful, cunning, and ignominous manner possible.

A right is a right

but it is unlike a liberty

A right is not natural

and must be attained through a fight

that is neither simple nor easy 

but one that is fruitful,

providing a feeling of accomplishment and

a win.