Color Lines

Color lines divide
provide
a place to hide.

combine
enshrine
the need to be pure and divine.

color lines evoke
and hang, giving a man
an excuse to smote.

blend
and spin
in love or sin

color lines define
amend
in America the line thins.

mute and gray
water and fade away
color lines America

families at play.

— autumnphoenix, Jul 08, 2009

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Country/Region: USA

Critiques

Candlewitch

16 years 11 months ago

What I think You are Saying

Is that the color of our skin devides us and holds us separate, even theough the differences are superficial ones. If I'm wrong please tell me. I think you can tell by the five stars I gave it that I really like your poem. Always, Cat

autumnphoenix

16 years 11 months ago

Hi Cat

Yes you are right. I wrote this one after our last family reunion. It struck me that many families now are vivible with a rainbow of color in them. Ours had been that way since the beginning. I mused that one day we would all have one family skin tone. Wouldn't it be wonderful to not see a skin color. The only thing to judge would be ones character. Thanks for the read and comment. Dana

Candlewitch

16 years 11 months ago

My Family Too

is rich with color. I know what you mean about not seeing skin color, but since most of us are sighted, we will continue to see color. The problem, I think, isn't with seeing color, but in how we as human beings feel and react to it. I see all color of skin as beautiful and deserving of respect. Bigotry and hatred aren't something we are born with, it is a learned response. If we can learn it, we can unlearn it. Always, Cat

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