Nothing but Pride

[alexander]

I used this poem for a final exam for English. Dad (Gryphonpoet) told me it was very good, so I figured I'd post it up.

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As I watch from a high place
I see someone emerge
Someone who’s a little different
Someone who’s likes what I like
The only difference is he’s “black”

I feel as helpless as a baby bird as his “peers” read the words
“We find the defendant guilty.”
As these words are read I weep

I know he was as innocent as I
But many just can’t see the clear sky
All they see is the color of skin
All they see is the person’s kin

Oh how I wish, they could see
These people are people like them and me
Oh how I wish they could know
Just what they were doing to this poor fellow

Sending him to forever be
Disgraced by society
To be shunned but nature it seems

Oh why, oh why, why can’t they see?
We all live together, breathe together
Oh why, oh why can’t they see?
We are all one people
One people divided by something as simple
As the color of our skin

Oh why does this have to be?
Why can’t they just see?
Why can’t they just play?
Why can’t they just say “hey?”
Why can’t they just accept and move on?
What do they have to loose?

Nothing but pride