Untouchable

I am expendable

I am worthless

I am hungry

I am an untouchable

Treated with contempt

Discriminated against

And abused daily

I am an untouchable

There is no hope

No chance to thrive

Suffer I must

I am an untouchable

Stuck in a rut

Trapped in labour

No money for food

I am an untouchable

I long for change

A chance to shine

To be respectable

Not an untouchable

Jo Anne Kennedy

January 2016

-          Inspired by the Dalits in India.