BLIND OF EYE

BLIND OF EYE

I’m so much more
than the shell you see

this outer coating that
terrifies the prejudice
and unnerves the boorish

penchant of spirit
pristine at birth
ancestry catalogued
the medley of hues
your eyes behold
your heart admonishes

blind of eye you are my friend

yet in sight you censure
passion’s wrought
exact a chide for melanin
I did not choose
tribes inborn I dare
to cuddle

hatred lies within your
dogma of injustice
bigotry preys upon your string
of racial cries

blind of eye my friend
we’re of his choosing
penchant of spirit
pristine at birth
he made us all

©Shirley2009