By nakedundermyclothes I am not white. I am swirls of green,blue,purple,orange, and colors no one knows. I am not American. I am part of a much larger culture...the human race. I am not asking you to follow my lead or do what I do. I am asking you to walk with me and be my friend. I am not asking you to love me. I am asking you to respect me even though we are different. I am not rich with money, cars, or jewerly. I am rich with love, hope, and faith. I am not part of the crowd yet, I am not alone. I am just me. I am not looking at you because you are different. I am looking at you because I am curious and I want to learn. I am not going to be mad at the people trying to bring us down. I am going to thank them for making me stronger and wiser. I am not going to fight you for our differences. I am going to embrace you for them. I am not going to say I'm sorry because someone thinks your different. I am going to stand by you and let us be different together. I am not white. I am swirls of green, blue, purple, orange, yellow, and colors no one knows.
he posted this because this poems so amazing, i think you really made something here that will touch people he made this thread to draw attention to a poem that is worth the recognition, & i gotta say thanks skip cause otherwise i would havbe missed it
Actually I'm not the one who posted it, Samhain did. I just moved it to this new forum where the spotlights appear here and here: http://www.hipforums.com/modules.php?name=Groups&gid=30
naked, Chill out. You deserve to be in the spotlight. The writers forum puts a different poem in the spotlight each week to highlight it so others who may have missed it get a chance to see it. This is a great poem. Extremely beautiful. To be read again and again. There is so much negativity in the world in general that it's even more special when you read a poem that is positive without being oversentimental. It's the kind of thing that should go in the spotlight. Well done. Peace, Aidan
I agree that was amazing. If it wasn't put in here I never would have seen it. So thanks for re-posting Skip.
i like this..but im so confused I am keeping ask myself "who i am? why im here?" dont think life is like a journey to unknown
that post was amazing and w/o reposting it i probably would have missed so thanks. im not much of a writer but i think a lot and that spawned some thoughts and just maybe ill write them down for u to read sometime and hopefully theyll be as beautiful as ur poem
yeah chill lady, it's really good. I don't usually enjoy poems but this one is worth being recognized!