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Simply Beautiful

When you walk out your door

In the winter, spring, summer or fall

The sun flickers on many shades of colors

In the flower shops, fruit and vegetable stands

You walk down most city streets

People of many faces you greet

Day after day

 

Then you pick up the cover of a magazine

Maybe even your favorite, tv show, movie

The vanity in most today

Features not one

Woman,  Man or child of color

We still have a long way to go

Though many think, because

Our President, Barack Obama is black

We can forget the past and close the door

Stop mentioning

Racism today

It doesn't exist no more

Unfortunatly, I wish that was true

 

Like the rainbow in the sky

It doesn't discriminate

Crossing over brightly for many to see

Your eye's light up when you can capture

Such a beautiful thing

The shades of color comes in many variations

We can't hide them behind a cloud

Or in a corner, to collect dust

The vanity in 2010

To believe no one would notice

That there is only one flavor  

Vanilla

Is a delusion that they're not many choices

You can't go color blind

Unless you where born that way

 

So what are we afraid of

You can't stop it, or make it go away

Cause all the colors blend

Into a mixture with eachother

Like a painted picture

That just looks

Simply Beautiful

In a variety of colors

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Feb 6, 2010
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