Is One Equal To One? Poem by fatima salahi

One is equal to one
My teacher wrote on the board.
Class was silent.
I was wondering…
Time stopped, …
If one is equal to one,
Why a baby is dying of hungriness and another one crying for more toys?
If one is equal to one,
Why that ugly girl always is alone, and the pretty one always busy?
If one is equal to one,
Why painful body of poor people have became success stairs of some riches?
If one is equal to one,
Why we don`t feel same emotion of one death on Africa and One in Germany?
If one is equal to one,
Why we respect rich men and don`t care poors?
One is not equal to One.
I Cried between the class,
The air became heavy…
-Show us!
I felt my heart can`t stay into my chest…
I felt all eyes toward me…
I was quiet… Can I?
She repeated _stronger this time-:
One IS equal to One.
All wrote it in their notebooks…