Take a white woman and cover her in red paint
Take a black woman and do the same
Now you can't tell the color of their skin
You can only judge from what is within
We are taught from a young age
To hate what is different from us
Now it's your choice to be peaceful
It's not the paint that is deceitful
But we are the same kind of people
If you look in my inner reflection
It's not about thick thighs and pigmentations
It's about every heart in all of the nations
Who would you take a slug for
Who do you wish death upon
Don't waste your bad words
On the ears of that's all that they've heard
Speak life into strangers daily
I don't know you or owe you
But I can still call you my friend
And we will fight together until the end
We all bleed red paint
We all die sinners and saints
Don't label me something I ain't
This heart, is not for the faint
So bless my skin
An all that is within
From the tips of my toes to
Every part the good Lord to knows
You judge me if you like
I won't reflect on it
I have cracks in my skin
And all the paint seeps in
And so it fills me up
With all the love and the pain
Of those who bleed out in vain
Because fools speak words that sound insane
Different shades of acceptance
So judgmental in their minds
Because they fear what is different
It's not your fault they on ignorance
So color me blue
And let the sky watch
Because we have bigger problems
Than who's white and who's not
Sep 27, 2016
Sep 27, 2016 at 12:21 AM UTC
Take a white woman and cover her in red paint
Take a black woman and do the same
Now you can't tell the color of their skin
You can only judge from what is within
We are taught from a young age
To hate what is different from us
Now it's your choice to be peaceful
It's not the paint that is deceitful
But we are the same kind of people
If you look in my inner reflection
It's not about thick thighs and pigmentations
It's about every heart in all of the nations
Who would you take a slug for
Who do you wish death upon
Don't waste your bad words
On the ears of that's all that they've heard
Speak life into strangers daily
I don't know you or owe you
But I can still call you my friend
And we will fight together until the end
We all bleed red paint
We all die sinners and saints
Don't label me something I ain't
This heart, is not for the faint
So bless my skin
An all that is within
From the tips of my toes to
Every part the good Lord to knows
You judge me if you like
I won't reflect on it
I have cracks in my skin
And all the paint seeps in
And so it fills me up
With all the love and the pain
Of those who bleed out in vain
Because fools speak words that sound insane
Different shades of acceptance
So judgmental in their minds
Because they fear what is different
It's not your fault they on ignorance
So color me blue
And let the sky watch
Because we have bigger problems
Than who's white and who's not
A poem about skin color, and how foolish it is to treat someone based on something that they have no control over. Speak love.
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