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I have a fantasy held in my heart

that one day soon equality shall reign

for this is not the way it seems

rather insecurity, prejudice and blame

are the standards held to conflict

and yet, the road grows ever wider

more hands reach out, more smiles appear,

for what we’ve done to each other in time

can be washed away if we make it clear

that no life is better than any other

different, surely, but valued all the same

tall or short, fat or thin, dark or light,

rich or poor, able or disabled, man or woman,

each is a blessing, we must know it well

each fits in the image of the Creator and

I’ll tell you this as my fantasy grows

the greater the love, the more it seems

the greener our planet, the lesser the greed

can we do that?  can we trust each other

to let go of the fear that underlies hate

and start life anew, make my fantasy Fate?