I have light skin in the winter
But I’m blacker than the worst stereotypes still
I stare blankly for too long at dark skinned people
Hoping they will question me
I stare at light skinned people
Who might call themselves white
Hoping they feel uncomfortable
About this black soul
Staring at them
There’s the answer we were missing
We weren’t just kissing
It was more than that
So we took over the world
Then gave it black