The Blackest Black

Flow 
with me
along 
the 
rivers of 
common 
sense,
eroding 
the 
riverbeds 
of 
tribalism 
and 
racism,
revitalising 
the very 
essence 
of man's 
existence.
Flow 
with me 
you will 
get the 
sense.

Dine 
with me 
on the 
table of 
realism
and 
enjoy 
the 
fruits of 
collectivism.
Because 
you 
donot 
see 
beyond 
races 
and 
tribes,
you will 
call me 
*****.
Because 
you 
think 
with 
limitations,
you will 
see me 
inferior.
You wil 
diffuse 
your ego
in your 
own 
biased 
prejudices
because 
you do 
not see 
beyond 
the 
physical.

Because 
you are 
not like 
me,
I am 
black 
proud 
and 
honoured.
I 
humble 
my 
blackself
before 
your 
racial 
utterances
because 
i know i 
am 
reason 
for envy.
I am the 
blackest 
black,
the one 
racists 
choose 
to hate
because 
i am a 
living 
testimony 
to their 
fallacy.

You will 
call a 
brother 
*****
because 
you 
think 
with 
limits.
You will 
see 
another 
inferior
because 
you do 
not see 
beyond 
the 
physical.
I am the 
blackest 
black,
flow 
with me 
here,
dine 
with me
you will 
see i 
nothing 
lack.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2013



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Date: 9/8/2013 2:01:00 AM
INTERESTING PIECE. WE MUST, INDEED, FORSAKE THE PROVINCIAL MENTALITY OF CLASIFYING MAN BY COLOR .....AND ENDEAVOR TO LIVE HAPPILY TOGETHER AS A PEOPLE. I ENJOYED THE "SONG"!...JM
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