Racism

Black, white, yellow, and caramel

People see and try to tell

Who they are based on their skin

regardless of their own personal sins.

Teasing based on color

Turns to bullying,

But some can’t see

Just how far their little “playing” goes,

Especially when cutting

Is a “solution” to drown sorrows.

Hoping, looking, praying, crying out,

But no one seems to hear their shouts:

“Why can’t I be perfect?

                Why can’t I be the best?

                                Why can I not pass this test?”

All this happens because people

Think words don’t hurt,

But they ought to think that

Before insults they blurt.

Suicide, cutting, drugs and drinking

Side effects of

No one thinking,

“Color of your skin seems to matter.”

Why should it when no one is perfect;

No one is truly one-hundred percent.

Anyone who says otherwise,

Truly is not worth it.