Loveless Tares
One whose skin’s hue has stolen from yonder store.
Her dark skin makes her a whore, to eyes that see with intense hate I cannot ignore.
If only I had not ventured to that store, for I too am seen the stealing whore.
Even though I have not stolen, in blind eyes they even the score.
By taunting me with suspicious stares, and once again I’ve stepped in the snares,
Of vile racism’s blinding hate; ignorant shameless animal features; Oh God take pity on such creatures.
When will it change; when will enlightenment come; awaken weak souls from a mass of black rain.
Forever falling down on us all; tainting everything but solving nothing; strutting around like their fake superiority is something.
But never will it be but the poison it is; denying others their right to live.
Who has the audacity to make it so; ignorance making strangers their foe.
Oh to be rid of such vile stares , hateful lies and preconceived notions on loveless tares.
Copyright © Gloria Hamilton | Year Posted 2018
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