Faces

Faces

By Stephanie Batts

Yellow faces, Black faces, Tan faces, White faces, Orange faces,

And sometimes Purple faces

They all have a Mom and a Dad, a Brother and a Sister, a Grandma and a Grandpa,

And sometimes a Step-mom

They all have friends and enemies, girlfriends and boyfriends,

And sometimes a husband or a wife

We’re the same in many ways,

But different in all the right ways

We segregate ourselves by the color of our skin,

And focus on the outside rather than the inside

Colored bathrooms, Colored schools, Colored water fountains,

And Colored restaurants

White bathrooms, White schools, White water fountains,

And White restaurants

Why are we like this?

We shouldn’t distinguish ourselves by the color of our skin,

But by the type of person we are on the inside

We’re all the same,

And race is just a color