Forever it's been this way
Times have changed but the feelings people feel toward you & I haven't changed
They still see you as white & I as black
They don't care that we are friends
The best you'd ever see too!
They don't feel the way I do when I'm with you
All they see is that we aren't the same color
You see his tall white frame blonde hair & blue eyes
You see my short black frame a little on the heavier side with dark eyes, dark hair & dark skin
You don't see the feelings we have just to be who we are
You don't see the struggle we already have in ourselves without the color of our skin being a barrier
You don't see his struggle with abuse because he's not what his father wants him to be
You don't see my struggle to be lighter so they'd stop calling me a "Field Nigger"
I so long to be considered a "House Nigger" but even then we are neither different nor the same
What's wrong with the mixing of skin colors?
After all to get chocolate milk you mix chocolate in its dark richness with creamy white milk!
Open Your Eyes & see that we belong to one another
We complete one another
Where I fail he passes
Where he fails I pass
Together the mixing of colors can become great!
Open Your Eyes
We see a Rainbow of many colors Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo & Violet too!
You Don't complain at seeing yellow & blue mixing to make green.
Why complain when we mix and make a child with blue eyes & a mix of our skin colors
Open Your Eyes Beauty is everywhere & in everything!
White or Black
No Matter how light or how dark
Open Your Eyes
Open Your Eyes & See
Can You at least Try
One lid at a time
Then maybe you'll see what I see
Now
Open
Your
Eyes