For My Sister, of Another Color

Love Is Forevermore

We met on the web long ago.
My Black sister and I, her white schmoe.

Our colors made no difference,
Rita doesn't believe in color fences.

Nor do I understand haters in any color,
She said we were sisters of another mother.

Both of us are Michael Jackson fans.
He knew all were made by God's own hands!

We share feelings, emails and pictures, too.
I dont think, she will ever ask me, to apologize for being white,do you?

This Supremacy nonsense belongs in tbe garbage can.
We are both an example of loving your fellow man!

Music, foods, hurt and pain.
Without Rita in my life, there is nothing to gain!

            Love is forevermore

             Dedication to Rita.
                 
                    8/3/2021
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De Beaulieu Avatar
August 4, 2021 at 12:07 PM
Hello Panagiota, in my school days i had a best friend. her name was Elsie. We went everywhere together. We were best friends. She was very sick and passsed away. i miss her. hugs xx
De Beaulieu Avatar
August 4, 2021 at 3:23 PM
Hello Panagiota, Elsie and I were very close friends. We went everywhere together. yes i do have friends here.hugs xx
Romios Avatar
August 4, 2021 at 3:14 PM
OMG, DARLENE....what a loss for you.those types of friends we always miss. I know you have friends here,But we cannot replace her loss to you. Pangie
Cunningham Avatar
August 4, 2021 at 10:29 AM
You and Rita are a perfect example on how we should lead our lives, you'll always get the haters in every colour and culture but we ignore and rise above them. Beautiful dedication to your friend Rita. Tom
Romios Avatar
August 4, 2021 at 3:09 PM
I see things as you do Tom. Thank you for appreciating this poem. It takes a Poet with a loving heart to do so! People trump nature to me. Pangie
DiMino Avatar
August 4, 2021 at 6:51 AM
Black/White -- outside some elite, I never met anyone that ultimately judged a person's worth by stature or color. Great write, my friend! Politics has become all about money and power through the propagation of division. Sick. Our founding fathers must be rolling over in their graves. Thank you for this wonderful piece!
Romios Avatar
August 4, 2021 at 3:23 PM
Prince de Mino...Oui! Politics promotes division by color or financial or religious reasons. Paving at Autobahn for MARXISM OR COMMUNISM. Send those folks to China or Cuba. Cubans want to come here and be free. But are far too Conservative~ so President Pfizer won't allow them in.there is no respect for the Founding Fathers. They are demonized..Sickens me, Pangie
James Avatar
August 4, 2021 at 6:41 AM
A lovely tribute to Rita, you are both blessed to have each other. My eyes are blind to skin colour but will always see the person. Emilia : )
Romios Avatar
August 4, 2021 at 3:28 PM
Emelia....thank you...See the soul not the skin color! All Lives do matter. Asian, Jewish, Hispanic and Black and more. No one race is better, There is only one race, the human race, Pangie
Mckay Avatar
August 4, 2021 at 6:36 AM
What will happen to Asian students during these so called class presentations?
Romios Avatar
August 4, 2021 at 3:37 PM
I do not know. But in higher education, they are being walked over.they study hard..but are not wanted in universities. Universities have the my way or the highway mindset Pangie
Mckay Avatar
August 4, 2021 at 6:34 AM
I love your poem. It says so much about the friendship you both have.
Romios Avatar
August 4, 2021 at 3:33 PM
Thank you Madelyn...glad you loved it. Rita and I are was different politicallt but we respect and hear each other out. It can be done! Congress does not understand that. It's all about insults, and blame and one upping each other...pity, really Pangie
Mckay Avatar
August 4, 2021 at 6:31 AM
Many have friends of another colour but we don't see it. Others have spouses of another colour. They are in love. They, too see no colour. One school put the children of mixed race out of the classroom when a special lesson on race was being presented. Now that is racism. The administrators do not know how to handle the realities of the world. We have interracial couples in our family. It is part of the joy in our lives. Don't teach hate to the children of people who love each other.
Romios Avatar
August 4, 2021 at 3:06 PM
Madelyn. Most schools I taught in both in Chicago and SF staff lives on the moon!! I am referring to administrators, school psychologists, etc. America needs a Reset button called AMERICAN! Kids of mixed race were insulted by Blacks. Humans are humans. MLK must be turning in his grave. Your last sentence? A description of CRT. It's disgusting, did you ever notice the BLM salute , how similar to Feil Hitler. We were not raised to hate....Pangie
Daniel Avatar
August 4, 2021 at 2:13 AM
Such a beautiful tribute, Jan:) love sees no colour:)
Romios Avatar
August 4, 2021 at 2:53 PM
Jo...so true. Pangie
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