Coms

C.O.M.S

Colors
Black, brown

Something that has been an issue since the beginning of time

Colors unite 
Colors causes actions out of spite
Colors are all different shades
Colors has been one of the leading causes of death for decades

See i am a man of color
The black color i must say
I love the color of my skin 
Though It has caused me drama along the way

The stories my family told me growing up as a young boy 
Can’t say i was unaware i would get treated differently cause of my skin color that i did not ask for

I was blessed with this blackness 
I can’t give it back or trade it in
My color has shaped and formed me
Into all my successes and wins

Believe with those victories came defeats

Losses that crushed my soul, hurt my heart, and turned my feelings obsolete 

Loses Produced hatred and evil
Vengeance and being deceitful
Turning me into a character that was never me
Saying words i imagined ill never speak 

The white person had me feeling this way
Treating my color like tar and asphalt stepping on it and burning my color away

Hanging my colored people from thick tree branches
With a noose so tight there was no chance to escape 
Seconds later the soul leaving the colored human flesh 
As the colored human gasped for air eventually hanging lifeless 

No care for their family and/or their friends 
The white man chuckled laughing as the colored life came to a quick and senseless end

The white cop!! 
They took an oath to protect and serve 
But when it comes to one of color
They kill our men, belittle our children and woman, and get off with a not guilty verdict which to the color community is just absurd
While the chuckling from the white community continues upon reading of the verdict 
The color community is in rage
Fearful, pissed, sad, and confused
This has been our norm and what our parents preached to us since our early age

This was never fair to me
Walk over my people of color
Kill off my family
See i hated white people

Until i was me again
Until my character came back and I rediscovered love and peace again
I realized all white people were not the same

I discovered that some white people do like the color of my skin
I felt some wanting to be my friend 
I saw past the white color and into the heart
I saw the love, the care, the emotion for me and my family that was authentic from the start. 

You see you can’t control the color of your skin
But you can control your thoughts and the different directions people attempt to push you in. 

History shows and tells me I should hate white people for all that they have done
They tortured and killed my elders for their entertainment and their fun

But my interactions and experiences has enhanced my growth and knowledge and taught me to love not just the colored ones

Love all
As i only get one life in my black flesh
I spread and receive love from all walks of life and that fulfills my happiness 

I get judged and hated by many
Black, white, and brown
I look past that and focus on the care factor. This new found focus has turned my life around 

The
C-olor
O-f
M-y
S-kin 

Won’t define who I am as a person
My actions will
My words and emotions have bought love to black brown and white 
So much of that love has been reciprocated 

I will never be loved by all and that is fine
That is the realization of the situation 
I will also never love all 
Some people just don’t have loving hearts nor loving minds

I will no longer allow the Color Of My Skin to be used as an excuse to hate the white and lose the character that is mine 

I love everyone 
White brown and black

The hatred and separation....
Na my character and heart is too big for that
I love big and forever will 
That is how I’ve grown

Honestly...
Love, peace, and respect is all I have ever known 

One day maybe we will come together 
One day maybe we will all see

Hate has no home between skin color
So let your love shine and float free

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