We are naturally wary of different Our anticipatory Participation in fear Blinds us from the signs That classification Of the population Fuels separation In our great nation And the degradation Of our education Through miscommunication Due to deprivation Of alleviation As far as the segregation Taking its formation In our imagination? These bounds we set To set us apart Take hold in heart Because we impart The notion of racism Through our pride Proud to be black Proud to be white Proud to be Whatever it is that is me. I’m sure it is right Though I did not choose No I wasn’t trusted with choice I wasn’t given an option No opinion to voice I came as I am I came as man With no color in mind Nor hate in heart A patch of untrodden Still smoothed soft snowflakes Unscathed by the treads Of worn down soles. No limits exist To whom They were never shown Never taught Through words or by deed Never separated Through race or creed Disparity through diversification Norms forming cult cultures Secluded islands of identifiers Imprisoned in our tradition Caught up in the familial familiarity Of being a drop in a raincloud Growing heavier each summer day Until the burden bursts Out in thunderous roar. And yet the race will remain Runners at their mark Pushing to get ahead of the pack Forgetting there is no finish-line Since it was never a race at all.