Black and white, difference justified by the words being different

A boy with tanner tone looks in amazement

A white boy invites to play

“Come play with me on the swings,” he says

The wide-eyed colored boy doesn’t even hesitate

Friendship

Not bound by limits

Limits of color

Not defined

Defined by color

Brotherhood

Born for adversity

And in a time of trouble a brother will be by one’s side

Night draws on the sun to fall asleep

A blanket covers the earth

The boy blessed with chocolate skin kneels in prayer

Hands folded, eyes closed, deep in divine thought

“God, you are all I have

Nothing is worth more to me than you alone

I struggle, yet You still catch me

Bless my friend, love abounds, never dies

Amen”

Sunrise, another day another breath

The two planned to meet at the same place as before

The swingset

As the black boy rushes to meet his friend

Hope that is in his eyes like a fire

Dies simultaneously as he catches a glimpse of a man

Standing where the other boy should have been

“Mister, have you seen a small white boy my age?”

The man looks down

Hatred spits forth from his eyes

Then everything turns black as Night’s cloak

…..

I lie in a pit of darkness

Nothing can help me now

What have I done wrong in offering love to a brother

A brother in Christ was how I always saw him

The little white boy, I'll never forget

Friendship

Not bound by limits

Limits of color

Not defined

Defined by color

Brotherhood

Born for adversity

And in a time of trouble a brother will be by one’s side

God

What have I done wrong to deserve this

All I did was follow in Your footsteps

You taught me to walk with heart

head bent lowly to show humbleness

You are like my father

One that I haven’t seen for years

Beaten to death before my very eyes

What did he do to deserve that sort of treatment

Who gets to decide that pain

That sort of pain

Is justifiable to exerting hatred

Tears shed

Life goes on

Was it worth all the pain and suffering

My life

Isn’t worth

Anything

Black

&

White

I don’t understand

Both have the same amount of letters

Same amount of syllables

Spelled differently

But is that why we are beaten and trampled underfoot

God, return to me what I have lost

For You are ever merciful

And do not lead me into temptation

But deliver me from the Evil one

…

Years fly by

Sky changes its’ covers

Less clouds, more blue than fluff

I lay in wait

Darkness surrounds

White speckled beings are standing over me

Words of slur-filled-hatred escapes their pink lips

Nothing has changed

I’m still here, on the ground where I was once before

God

Save me

Free me from oppression

The skies start to clear up

The clouds part and make way for His Majesty

The beings disintegrate in my imagination

He offers his hand

I take it

I look up to catch something familiar

It’s him

Memories rush from the back of my mind

As if they were in a cage

Locked up, but now free

Friendship

Not bound by limits

Limits of color

Not defined

Defined by color

Brotherhood

Born for adversity

And in a time of trouble a brother will be by one’s side

“It’s You”

...

The years fly back in time

I’m at the swingset

I see the white boy playing by himself

He walks up to me

“Come play with me on the swings,” he says

Tears fill my eyes

I rush forward

Hug the milk-white boy

With a bone-crushing force

He hugs back

“It has been you all along hasn’t it?”

The whisper I doubt reached his ears

A whisper only made to suffice for the loss of words

The white boy leans back

Smiles

Pearly whites

A wink

And he disappears

I fall to my knees, hands folded, head bent in prayer

Thank You

The little white boy, I'll never forget

Forget his friendship

His love

His smile

His Pearly whites

His wink

...

Friendship