By Karey Love Shaffer D’Penha
May 2002
Black, white, yellow, blue –
Which of these makes up you?
A label here, a label there –
It really seems to go no where.
Why can’t we just accept –?
What makes us happy can not be kept.
On a shelf, in a box or bound in a book –
Why is it so hard to stop and look?
Beyond what we think we see –
Is a person, a soul just wanting to be free.
To express who they are and do as they do –
Why should it matter to me and you?
Why burden other with our opinions and such –?
When all that in needed is kindness – or gentle touch?
Can we celebrate the triumphs of the human soul –?
As valued success, a bit closer to the goal.
To love what is human – tapping the divine
Found in a moment not a bottle of wine.
The beauties of life can be so simple –
Like someone to love and warm food for example.
To conquer fears as required, to truly live –
As one so desires – to allow others the same and give –
Love, life – the very thing that sets us free –
Freedom from labels and the ability to be –
Not what you think, but as I think –
Why is it so hard to understand the kink?
I was born to be me, in a land of the free –
Where eagles still fly – hope to those who see.
Our unity in hope for a world of peace –
Could really be something – but it isn’t for lease.
Enough to believe, but still not willing –
To give up pettiness or the glass ceiling
The struggle for peace, not only a world issue
When neighbors need more than a lousy tissue
Look beyond the labels, the differences and colors –
To the eyes, the soul and no other.
Simple acts of kindness, not only cure the soul –
But a world of blindness, now that is a worthy goal.
