In current-day dealing with concerns of race
I wonder with whom on Earth I can relate?
Am I deeper entwined with receivers of hate?
Or am I "just White for goodness sake?"
I once was hated, in times that have past
My skin was light-colored, but they still saw trash
And it was in my slave quarters my heart longed for dark lass
Who was sold off soon after, so the love didn't last.
Earlier, I saw brothers enslaved and killed
By men colorless with ill gain as motivation and will
I ducked down underneath my own windowsill
Me and my also white slaves escaped with the till
At a younger time yet, far as my memory knows
I knew only my tribe and the field's edge, so,
Fellow White caused all strife for most my life and, lo,
I've forgotten and blame wrong for some problems now, though.
Jan 12, 2013
Jan 12, 2013 at 3:40 AM UTC
In current-day dealing with concerns of race
I wonder with whom on Earth I can relate?
Am I deeper entwined with receivers of hate?
Or am I "just White for goodness sake?"
I once was hated, in times that have past
My skin was light-colored, but they still saw trash
And it was in my slave quarters my heart longed for dark lass
Who was sold off soon after, so the love didn't last.
Earlier, I saw brothers enslaved and killed
By men colorless with ill gain as motivation and will
I ducked down underneath my own windowsill
Me and my also white slaves escaped with the till
At a younger time yet, far as my memory knows
I knew only my tribe and the field's edge, so,
Fellow White caused all strife for most my life and, lo,
I've forgotten and blame wrong for some problems now, though.
