The Color
© N Noël Aug 2010


Purple, Red, Brown and Green,
The color of skin some demean
You are your skin deep and ingrained
The Color of America is most times inhumane
Do you see others for who they are?
Has that day and time gone so far?
Do you see the person inside that shell?
Does the color of my skin make hatred swell?

Orange, Grey, White and Black
The rainbow has no chance
Neither does the “wetback”
Is Pink or Salmon what you prefer?
Does color make jobs and common sense
Crawl underground
The color of Human can’t be brown
Ink, Blue, Sapphire and Jade
Spitting on my pride and calling me a Spade

Beige, Yellow, Silver and Gold
Wrestling with society’s color aches my soul
Human value sold along the way
With slave ships, borders and red tape tying hands
Freedom only bought with change purses full of blame
Color judgment hurts, degrades, brings tears of pain
No one knows the scars until you wear this skin
The Color of America can make your spirit feel like Sin

Defeated, Broken, splitting in shame
The Color of America constant and negative
Running through my veins
Burgundy, Acid, Tie Die, rippled with color
America the melting pot so we think
Color is leaving us bankrupt
A sinking ship on the brink
Grey, Ash, Iridescent and Pearl
America’s Color skin deep
An example to the world