One of Everything

This poem was inspired by the bi-racial young lady in Madison Wisconsin, who was set on fire while in her car waiting at the stoplight.

Racism is getting out of control

And your life is in danger if you aren’t a part of a certain fold

I am bi-racial and it could have been me

Whatever my race don’t I have a right to be?

I didn’t ask to be here,

But I am, I didn’t volunteer

Brought here by either love or lust

Being black and white creates so much fuss

I look at me

And I can’t see

Which race determines my identity

I am human, black and white

But danger approaches from both sides

God created me this way

A gift to someone, I must say

Our earth is for all races

No matter the color of our skin and faces

What if all of our fruits start to fight?

To determine who is right

Which fruit will be the one?

What if all of our vegetables decide to follow?

Fighting one another

Which vegetable will win the prize to be the leader?

Then animals, trees, and plants will decide

That only one of each can survive

One seasoning, one flavor, one aroma

To our taste buds, this will be quite a dilemma

One food, one dessert, one beverage,

Nothing to choose from, no privilege

One star, one planet, one of everything

Then the earth will be struggling

Because everything on this planet

Like it or not, is connected

When we eliminate other races,

We will remove all traces

Of their culture, music, food, ideas, inventions,

All things they have created and use that aid in everyone’s existence

Every race adds to the circle of life

And most do it without strife

But you must realize

That our birth didn’t give us a choice

Now because of our race, we don’t have a voice

I ask, “Will humanity be satisfied with only one of everything?

Copyright 2020 by Annelise Lords