My skin is dark and my hair quite brown,
You go on and tag me "a black"
Your skin so light and hair so blonde,
I go on and label you "a white".
We put each other down on social media,
I go on to say I hate "whites"
And you say "black lives don't matter"
We let the hate come in.
We go to war against each other,
We descriminate each other,
You call me a slave,
And yourself a slave master.
I'll take us back to Prince Oba's writing,
I'm not black and you're not white
I didn't come out of my momma's womb saying,
Hey everyone, I'm black.
You weren't meant to call me that,
Along with whatever you call yourself,
Hating on me by the colour of my skin,
But this is just a skin.
I drive a car and you don't get to tag me by the label of my car,
It's just my car and not me,
It's just my body and not me,
It's just a label.
sn't it funny how babies cry to the sound of another baby crying,
Irrespective of skin color or nationality,
Or how the magnificent butterfly breaks out from the body of a caterpillar,
Sending a message that it ain't about the body.
We have political leaders starting wars,
Teaching us skin colours and racism,
Making us believe we are different,
So we hate on each other by the different production of melanin.
Well I'll say this,
We all should be like a panda,
He is white, black and Asian,
He is not selective of nationality and skin color.
We must tear these labels off,
We must rip them apart,
And accept each other,
Love each other despite our different skin colours.
And it's our minds that matter,
Not the colour of our skin,
Not the geographical regions,
Or the languages.
We are all one,
Black, white, Asians, Africans, Indians, native Americans,
We should love each other equally,
Our skin doesn't define us.
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Wow, this is an amazing piece, carefully thought and we'll written. Thanks for sharing @michellesamson
Yea!!!!!!! No to racism...... Powerful poem @michellesamson
Yea, thanks for stopping by😊
That's really a good poem. I wish everyone would read it. I found it through asapers' promo page, but I would upvote this anytime. Not one wasted word. All of it powerful. Full of emotion, but not sentimental. I'm going on, because I think this is a very, very good poem. Not just what you say--of course that's most important, but the way you say it. Good job. Going to follow you, looking for more great work.
Thank you very much, I feel so encouraged. I appreciate.😊
I dont know English. I translated my poem into my own language using google translate. I hope you have translated it correctly. racism is bad. Thank you for your beautiful poem.
Thank you for stopping by and ofcourse commenting.
We stand as one whether white or black. Good work from you michelle
Thank you very much for commenting.
I bought you some votes, love the poem!
😍😍😍 thanks so much, I appreciate.😊😊😊
Beautiful one dear.
Thanks sugar😘
Incredible poem @michellesamson !!! We all bleed red, remove the cover we're all the same! Even if you bled purple I wouldn't care. Now if you want eat me ...we might have a problem there j/k
Lol. You got the point. Thanks for commenting
i also enjoyed this. upvoted and resteemed :D
aah what the hell, i'll throw an @sharkbank at it too for ya
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P.S. What a powerful poem, thank you for bring light to these issues. @insideoutlet
Thank you very much, I'm glad.
Thanks for resteeming my post @asapers.
You're good @michellesamson
Thanks mate.😊
Yes, no baby is like "hey I'm white/black therefore I'm...."
thanks for sharing this poem. Btw. Saw you featured in the Asaper Extra. Congrats you deserve it!
sam
Lovely piece mam @michellesamson... i love the panda part aii. Its just sums up me life am isreali, bearing a spanish name , living in africa plus everybody thinks am japanese cos of @kamiikazer. I should be the face against racism ...😂😂. Its such a sensitive topic that you picked and brewed water into wine well done and jah bless keep it skainking...(am in the wind).
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