The extent of my privilege
To cross a bridge
From here to somewhere
Other
Unfettered
Without risk
Without consequence
Without desperation
Somewhere better
To be
Somewhere different
To see
Somewhere to connect
With what
I might be
Or might have been
Sometimes I remember
The origin of privilege
An accident of birth
Of geography, of class
A privilege to connect
With all that we make
All that we think
All that we are
All the world over
A reminder to self
Whenever I remember
That such privilege renders
Upon me a duty
To never forget
In forgetting
I disconnect
From all that there is
From all I can be
From all I can render
In service
To the unprivileged
Majority of Earth
Upon whose labours
And misery
I thrive
San Francisco
California, United States of America
Taken during travels, 1996
I have also posted The Road to Somewhere Else in response to this challenge.