Humanity
The Color of my skin
Is this the world we live in
black, brown, yellow, white,
I am still judged by the color of my skin
Didn’t the bell go Ding-Ding-Ding
didn’t you get the memo in
this is the twenty first century we live in
Slogans raised
protests held
All lives matter
didn’t you let the message sink
Is this the world we live in
An apartheid passed
twenty years ago
and a revolution began
Another apartheid is on the rise
seeking justice from the might
you close your eyes
you look the other way
children killed
families buried alive
Is this the world we live in
You seek redemption
emancipating from the clutches of the iron law
struggling to break free
disintegrating the physical chains
yet leaving behind the mental chains
iron clad
you struggle to breathe
Is this the world we live in
Didn’t the pandemic teach you anything
black, brown, yellow, white
neither apartheid
stopping at nothing in sight
it attacked
all united as one race
it did not discriminate
Moving to a post pandemic world
settling in a new normal
All forgotten
nothing forgiven
This is the world we live in
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