my dark skin

You hate the colour,

It disgusts you to see someone of this nature,

Chimpazee and monkey they have used to describe my outlook,

Crazy and retarded they have refered to this race of mine,

Hatred and shame i have had to live by,

This my black skin have caused murders, pre-meditated,

Parents have grown their children to dispise this skin type,

Mothers too.

But, upon all the struggle i have risen,

Bigger than the monkey i have been referred to,

Wole soyinka, Martin Luther, and Barack Obama i have produced,

Great walls of love i have built for those that have dispised and perished my race,

How else to be a better person,

Upon the hatred and degrading i have risen, far greater than this,

Upon hard work and striff my sweat have ushered me and my people into

a new age of prosperity,

An age where i am not only good enough as a slave,

An age where i have my worth as a human to those who never saw me as such,

I have risen, above hate and redicule,

I am here now,

Still coated with that God-Given black skin,

The race once considerd less human,

I still strive to prove my humanity plus sanity,

This is my dark skin, which i proudly wear,

Not Yours!!!

Author's Note

ignore the race laments, it was written for the art of poetry and literature and not racially inclined, i welcome your honest reviews, leave nothing out.

Reviews

[Mirra]

I still love the race laments it made me imagined a black African saying those words as I read the lines. My fave of all your poems. Thanks for the share :-D

[Kopa...]

am glad you liked it, it certainly means a lot to me. Thanks.

[Mirra]

Your Welcome.

[Coyote Poetry]

"Still coated with that God-Given black skin,
The race once considerd less human,
I still strive to prove my humanity plus sanity,
This is my dark skin, which i proudly wear,
Not Yours!!!"
Took many years and hard work to create blindness of color and race. he poem open the door to discussion and real thoughts. I like the above lines. No weakness in the outstanding poetry.
Coyote

[Kopa...]

thanks Coyote, it means alot.