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The Beige Woman

By Adriana Philips
January 31, 2022
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The color outside, the color within

                                    Both sides revile at the sight of my skin

                                    A wannabe in ivory, a traitor to ebony

                                    Their worst fears are seen through me

                                    A mixture of dark and light

                                    Possibilities disturbing to their narrow sight

                                    Of divided ideas, suspicions, and grief

                                    The others are evil is always their belief

                                    The pain we suffered cannot be resolved

                                    If we continue to let our anger be unevolved

                                    And make us blind to our own heinous acts

                                    Of assuming the whites and blaming the blacks

                                    And I’m tired of being stuck in the middle of this fight

                                    All of you, SHUT UP, and start to think right

                                    If you don’t like my skin, that’s on you

                                    Because you’ve got something worse than the flu

                                    That affects everyone, no matter what race

                                    Don’t lie and say “I can’t because I’m black, etc.” that is not the CASE!

                                    I’ve felt hate on both sides, all because of beige

                                    And today I’m finishing the last page

                                    Of this long rant, but to anyone who cares

                                    Or who feels the same way, don’t let others DARE

                                    Shame and judge you by your own skin

                                    It’s not the body, it’s the life we’re all LIVIN!

TagsHopesHopeSkinlovejudgementCritical ThinkingFeminist PoemEqualityBlackprejudiceidentitycolor poemProud Black Girlracismself love poemracefeeling good in your own skinblack and whitepoems about life
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