I watch people abuse their power 
and how it unknowingly eats them alive 
It’s such a shame to think that they believe that “this is the way”
Treating others like they themselves 
are any much better, 
Just entitled
but without it you’re just a regular person 
like everyone else 
who has aspirations, struggles 
and enormous dreams 
Working just as hard, day after day 
I mean humanely. 
underneath all of that, 
you are no better than me.

Illustration by: Fatima Seehar
Copyright 2019 Valerie Sanchez