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Ebony and Ivory

Sitting here With the worst headache of my life This poem I am vigorously Trying to write Everyone in this world Is still judged by black or white Racism is still An unsinkable fight Even throughout the years Even throughout the ages Generations with different stages There will always be the topic Of the racial discrimination In this great nation They fight and die For the right to live Yet they need not to be treated By the vindictive After wars, after protests After speeches after sports games, They are not seen all as equals Only they are victims of vulgar names And not treated as our same Only through the shadows Of tension and hate Light must come And peace it create Never will this place Ever live in harmony Until ivory Merges with ebony Together we must come Not further apart Yet always one Must learn the place to start

Copyright © | Year Posted 2006




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