All Things Equal

We're not created equal

Except in these three things

We all cherish life, liberty

And happiness in our being

No power can erase it

Nor break the Divine seal

Inalienable the birthright 

Self-evident and real

We'll fight with our last dying breath

In efforts to retain it

It cannot be trained out of us

Nor can a law restrain it

For it lies at the core of being

The elemental self

Without it we are naught

Possessing no sentient wealth

Thus being equal in these things

Does not make us the same

For each are born with strengths that boost

And deficits that drain

Though empathy can level fields

Towards equal opportunity

It can't guarantee outcomes

For our actions have disparity

For laws of nature must be fixed

And physics clear unbiased

So those that use these rungs to rise

Can have a firm reliance

To exercise their freedom

To bolster up their life

And propagate their happiness

As their God given right