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C O L O R S


By Paul L. Glaze


(All Souls Are Colorless)



I Am Pleased I Was Born A Pure And Perfect White.
I Would Not Like To Have Worn The Color Of The Night.
Was There Something I Did To Select This Sacred Shade.
Perhaps I Hid From The Ethic Birth Parade.

I Do Not Know If White Was My Personal Selection.
But Wherever I Go, It Receives Fond Affection.
We Whites Have Ordained Ourselves To Be Superior.
Therefore All Others Must Be Inferior.

The Color Of Ones Skin Is How We Pick And Choose.
By Its Lightness We Win, By Its Darkness We Lose.
It Is Somewhat Nice When White Is Our Precious Skin.
Then We Pay Our Price When It Turns Dark Once Again.

We Would Discover If We Only Take The Time
The Color We Would Uncover Is Only A State Of Mind.
Be Careful With Colors And Not Wear Them With Vanity.
For These Same Colors May Be Used To Test Our Sanity.

It Is Important We Be Fair To All Colors We Chance To Meet.
Those Colors We May Wear. Our Next Trip Down Life's Street.
There Is A Feeling If You Dislike A Certain Color Tract
It Will Have A Revealing When Your Spirit Travels Back.

Many Colors Fate Has Arranged As We Live Thru Various Stages.
These Colors Are Changed As We Live Through Out The Ages !

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