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A Twentieth Century Girl Loves One Not Of Her Race
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A Twentieth Century Girl Series When I told my father of my love
he simply smiled at me,
and told me of how love is blind
that this love could not be.
For you are black
and I am fair
and that is not allowed,
in days where whites are superior
and blacks should not be proud.
But one day, my love, things will change
and it will no longer be
such a challenge to love someone
someone such as thee.
For the day shall come when man will say
together we will stand,
as equals blacks and whites alike,
and join eachothers hands
And then my love we will be
together you and I,
our race will not matter at all
and with that thought I fly,
Away from this worldm my love,
until such time as I
can hold your hand
and be so proud
to have no need to cry.
I agree it is HISTORY of
I agree it is HISTORY of great importance to 'some' Americans. Hopefully one day we will grow enough to review it all in it's entirety without the symptoms of traumatic recall. We have a ways to go. All we need is love.
Always good to add...the skin color issue is an American issue...and not one for most other countries near as much as it is America.
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...and he asked her, "do you write poetry? Because I feel as if I am the ink that flows from your quill."
"No", she replied, "but I have experienced it. "
Thank you for the comment! I
Thank you for the comment! I must disagree however as racism is everywhere and has been for sometime and though this poem tackles that of inequality in blacks and white I do want to have an over-arching theme of racism in general therefore I understand why you may believe segregation (particularly in this poem) to be mostly related to America I cannot help but notice racism in all countries to some extremes that match that of America. Thank you again though for the comment and I shall take your words on board :)
I agree and didn't mean to
I agree and didn't mean to imply that it is non existent in any other countries, just that Americans dramatize it best, hang on to the pain most when it comes to out and out hatred of someone just for the color of their skin....due to our history. In many other countries it is more of a politically based hate, due to land issues or political disagreements.
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...and he asked her, "do you write poetry? Because I feel as if I am the ink that flows from your quill."
"No", she replied, "but I have experienced it. "
Ah I understand now. my
Ah I understand now. my apologies for misinterpreting your comment.
Quite understandable. N/P.
Quite understandable. N/P. Love reading your writes.
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...and he asked her, "do you write poetry? Because I feel as if I am the ink that flows from your quill."
"No", she replied, "but I have experienced it. "
Thank you so much! I love
Thank you so much! I love writing them and getting such great comments ia amazing for me.