Equality is an invented word

An idea of life that is preferred -

But how to make the word a fact

Takes more than presumption to enact

 

In day to day or year to year,

Its fallacy is frighteningly clear.

Questions asked about how to obtain it

Go unanswered  - for there's no way gain it.

 

Am I equal to an Einstein in intellect?

Or a Soros or Bezos - to any effect 

In expectations and hopes to aim for...

How equal am I and how to claim for

 

What that word implies is my due?

How then can I to be equal to you?

Opportunity and fair play before the law

Are as much as we can ask; what's more

 

It's been proclaimed that we're "created" equal

But that conveniently avoids life's sequel -

That what follows is chance and circumstance

And leads mankind a merry dance.

 

So, make the best of what you've got

Strive...survive...and like as not

You may succced beyond your dreams

Even when one word isn't all it seems.