A Pearl

A white pearl against the black night sky
Your radiance is superior to our drab grey colors
But you hate us so.
Might I ask why?

You cause us such pain
Pain as sharp as your wits
Pain as hot as your flames.

I wager you hate us, oh so
We are nuisances
Of the Earth
Black as the soot and dirt
Created to be trodden upon
By your radiance.

Your hate grows
As time passes.
And within us is a spark
A fiery spark that grows
As time passes.

That spark has grown
A spark that consumes our very beings
A spark that has grown into a blazing fire.

A white pearl against the black night sky
Your cold Rays chilling us to the bone.
Why, oh why, must you hate us so?

You cause us such pain
Empty pain as dull as your wit
Empty pain as cold as your heart.

I wager you hate us, oh so
You think you are God
And we the Devil.

I wager you hate us, oh so
You revile in gluttony
And we in our dim hopes.

As time passes
We know this to be true.
As time passes
This is true.

You are but a man
No God or divine deity.
You are but a white man
And we are but black men.