When We Were Colored
when we were colored
my eyes daintily
danced with laughter
under the battered rain
sorely i'd gaze
beyond the hidden bushes
woe when we were colored
the sky raised higher it seemed
as the clouds opened doors
of sunlight just out of my reach
why when we were colored
i flirted with doubt
the senseless notion
a funfilled pout
hmm when we were colored
i'd sing my song
from dusk till dawn
and all day long
oh when we were colored
and by the end of the day
our world around us
became a sullen gray
Copyright © Yolanda Nicholsen | Year Posted 2011
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