I have a dream…That one day…
We’ll paint within the lines
Define the world in 50 shades
The book will write itself
A center of a hidden truth
Lurks deep within the past
Blind are those, to all who see;
contaminated thoughts
Hatred loves to follow change,
As love disintegrates
Strike adversity with a match
And set the world ablaze
If color makes the world go ’round
Then why do I see shades?
An ocean, blue
With grass so green,
imagine colored white
An ocean, white
With grass so white
Is that where beauty lies?
If a color crowned as king
We’d contradict ourselves
Who is named a privileged fool?
When we are not the same
If brown is tied to color; shame
Then shame on all that is;
Eyes and hair
And animals
Chocolate chips
And instruments;
The seeds we need to grow
Coffee
With a matching belt,
In all the sports we play
Shame! Shame! You shame us all!
You must remove yourselves
Fiz-eh-cality sets a sail
Defines a hidden truth
If we were made to look alike
Our eyes would be the same
Cloaked a coat,
The color white
Yet we were made to differ
Find the light within yourself
And let the hatred simmer
Poetry by: Cori Hoberman
