Untouchables

Prejudice of

Your own people,

You made

The poorest

Of your kind

Into outcasts.



You claim

They are dirty,

Working in

Forsaken jobs

In dark alleys

You’d never

Be seen in.



Give them a chance

To compete

With the best

Of the rest of

Your caste system.



They will prove

You wrong;

Let them truly

Be untouchable.

Author's Notes/Comments: 

The untouchables are the lowest group in the Hindu caste system. They are occupied in pollution-related jobs and are isolated from the higher castes.

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Saint Cynosure's picture

Hey, beautiful...
This is very,very good.

bendergender's picture

The only point i would make is ,although i enjoyed this, there is a lot kept from the reader.
Possibly too much to make this poem really work.

Who are the Untouchables and who contols them?

Nice idea but poetry must make sense to the reader.
There are to many questions and not enough answers.
Still enjoyed, cheers.