A
Lifetime
of
Dancing
With
The
Hand
I
Was dealt
Kept
Me blind
To
The privilege
I
Had inherited
How
Absolutely
A lens
Can be
Obscured
Mired
In
Personal trauma
To be
Clear
These
Are not
To
Become
The words
Of
Victim blaming
What
Though, of this
Privilege?
More
or
Less
Residing
Upon
The spectrum
Of
White
Cis-gendered
Male
I'm
Clear
I'm
No knight
In shining armour
A
Full time
Undertaking
Is possible
Keeping
My ass
From the sling
However
I see
Ally/advocate
To
Those that
Are oppressed
Systemically
&
Continually
Disadvantaged
&
Marginalized
As
A
More appropriate
Use
Of my
Privilege
Rather than
Clinging
To
Any illusory
Entitlement
The
Marginalized
Frequently
Go
Unheard
Though
They
Lend voice
To
Pure gold
I need
More
Of the
Privileged
To
Hear
What
They've
Got to say
Then
Join
The increasing
Swell
Of
Voices
For
Equity
&
Justice
R. O'Neill (November 28, 2019)
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