An assumed level playing field

All that you know

Mutual give and take perceived

Privilege is shown

Take what you want not what you need

A culture of greed

Echoes in your defense of systems that bleed

Ignore a past of genocide

A world colonized

Continue to ignore voices you marginalize

A world that seems to center you

Rewarded respect

Entitlement to pick and choose

How others object

A history of forcing people to comply

Assimilation to survive

The backs of those that have died

Came and went so I can have the privilege to exploit another's life

Misrepresented by a guest

Intention's irrelevelent

Exploited for a selfish gain

Power imbalance sustained