On Being Human

I am neither brown nor white nor black My skin tone is somewhere between ivory And pale, like the color of the crayon We used to paint flesh in coloring books Those who know call it melanin. They say The more you have the darker your skin. I am neither white nor black nor red My blood ebbs and flows just like your blood Both are good for emergency transfusions Type for type, our blood safely comingles Because God said he has "made of one blood All nations of men." (Acts 17: 26) I am neither black nor red nor white I am a human. You are a human. We are human. Together we are humanity, Just like God intended us to be! FIRST PLACE WINNER Written December 29, 2020 Submitted to the "UN-RHY-ME" Contest sponsored by Brian Strand FEATURED POEM Poetry Soup Home Page June 27, 2022