If I had been

Born long ago

There’s certain things

That I would know

viscerally

I would’ve felt

It all along

That slavery

Is cruel and wrong

absolutely

Men and women

I’d surmise

Are equal in

Their maker’s eyes

naturally

I’d stand upon

The highest ground

And I would know

That Earth is round

certainly

And standing there

Beneath the sun

I’d know that all

Of life is one

easily