Skin Deep

who said darkness lacks 

why should their be strong expressions

about the color of my back

I am only a display 

of the opposite of day 

I am that of a portrait 

that was painted this way

categorize me by my character 

If you may 

please stop oppressing me 

no one is born with racism 

something that you practiced 

and wanted to be 

why isn't equality 

not even apart of the equation 

why should their be teachings 

of our limitations 

racism racing first 

who should be last 

or who should be considered

the outcast

why are we the bull's eye of demonstrations 

we all put one foot in front of the other 

no such thing as second hand color 

doesn't matter the different shades 

of a sister or brother 

when Eve was created to be our mother

we are all apart of different cultures , sculptures 

this or the other 

we can play the game 

let us begin 

by not playing that card called 

color of skin again