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Make Me Understand


How is it right That the skin covering our hearts His black, mine white- Can destroy a love Simply by blinding others’ sight? I do not see And never will How it is possible to hate Something that you do not even know, A bond A love That is not yours to feel Hands that are not yours to hold. How do you justify Condemning a relationship- One tested by time Only to still exist despite- All because you do not like How his skin mixes in with mine? I do not understand. And I will not try to see A view that is just utterly Wrong to me. I will not hear any more Ill-conceived ideas- Prejudices- In which I simply do not believe.
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Comments (2)

katmgodwin
Unfortunately. It is also an issue that I am currently facing in my own life and I can say it's truly heartbreaking to see how deep discrimination runs in this country.
sjh7272
I like the idea behind this. It's sadly still a problem we're dealing with in this country.

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