Difference

What blame does a color hold

For its mere existence

Why can’t it be paroled

From chains of cruel resistance

What harm has faith instilled

To deserve affliction

When malice has loudly killed

The peace in our religion

Bias has fogged the vision

Like beauty to the blind

The self; a deadly prison

Captivating the mind

What good is a mask of pride

On souls tarnished with shame

What good is humankind

If we were all the same

May spirits be given a lift

To their freest state

To see difference as a gift;

As a cause to celebrate.