White by Pramod Subbaraman

It is innate
The default position
You do not have to work for it
It is your birthright
Your ancestors made sure of that
Even if you do not see it
You benefit from it
There may be other problems
There will be other challenges
But you will never begin
At the bottom rung of any ladder
A poverty of melanin is the only type
That you must suffer for life
This privilege is yours
This power is yours
Rejoice!
Pramod Subbaraman (he/him) is a dentist who returned to poetry during the first 2020 COVID19 lockdown in England after a long absence and has since been published in the U.K and the U.S.A Twitter: @briteeth