Inequality Poem by William Kofoed

blue sky overhead

sunlight shines all around

clouds do float upon the wind

water flows and fishes swim

trees and flowers do abound

mountain peaks cold

and warm desert sand



wind does blow on all the land

rain and snow falls all around

rivers flow to lakes and sea

forests grow on the mountainsides

grasses grow in meadows below

and wide plains were grains grow



deserts are upon the land

dusty planes where the wind blows

dry dead seas where nothing lives

stinking seas of salt without life

ashes black were fire spread



the world is like a treasure house

with many shelves which to hold

all the things that man may need

yet all the shelves are not full

nor are they all equally filled

certain shelves to each belong

holding whatever they may



different talents each may have

different abilities which to do

suited not to what they have

wherever they may be

what ever maybe there



some have much

and others do not

some have nothing

there is no reason

for how it is



some have not what

they need to live

life's of ease

life's of joy

others have more

than they can use

life's of luxury

life's of excess



often those with riches do

have the power which to use

to take from them who have less

building excess

ever more



there is for each and every one

part of earth's wealth untold

all might have an equal part

living life's of equal joy

sharing each and every one



equal light on each to fall

equal water to each to go

equal chance for everyone

everyone a chance to dream

equal life for everyone