Wednesday, August 23, 2023

Self Imposed


a black man in the shadows stand

watching white children play

wondering why they weren't black,

a white man in the shadows stand

on the other side of town, watching

black children play, wondering

why they were not white....

two cultures live in harmony on

opposite sides of a city, not knowing

what exists on the other side...  and,

too afraid to venture out of their 

own comfort zones to explore...

each has their own reality and each

wonders why there cannot be more,

each hides for fear of being discovered

and dealing with the consequences of

an angry mob....  and, in the daylight

hours each man goes about his business

as if there was nothing more to think.


August 16, 2023

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