SKIN DEEP

Tissue
    pigmented
black,brown or white
All equal
      in the creator's sight
however shaded
 each membrane kin
merely a cover
      layered thin
purely an accident
       of birth,
never a value
     of our worth

Customs culture
      our true divide
ignorance
    its willing guide

tastes
    mores attitudes
provoking reponses
             crude &rude
manners
 conventions traditional ties
the crux
   upon which
all difference lies

Repercussion & backlash
 we reap
if our thinking
            stays
skin deep