Tune in to my world

Where colors are equal

Based on character

Not the racist sequel

Of what has gone before

Tuned-in techni-color

Paints the pallet

In rainbow hues

Not set in black or white

But in seeing people

As they really are

Not as day or night

As imperfect beings

Existing in this life together

Fellatious and fallible

Generous and gullible

Bound to one another

In more ways than one

But look what we've become

Splintered into desperation

Forgetting where we're from

Mother Africa that we shun

Still, we remain bound

United in our division

Floating on this fragile orb

Which depends on our decision

Will we stand against the night

Will we fight for what is right

Tune in to that sacred call

Asking us to give our all

Or will we become simple sheep

Following dictates without a clue

Sacrificing the needs of the many

For vanities of the chosen few

Will we turn our heads

Bowed in selfish prayer

Ignore the urgency to go

Where we don't dare

"Because it's society's problem

And not mine, as such

Because it costs too much

And I'm not willing

To pay the price

It's not worth the sacrifice..."

Tune in to our world

We all live on this ship

In a limited universe

Where we've been hurled

It's now past time to

Tune in and not turn off

Not sacrifice one for all

But to stand all as one

Against the powers

That give us none

Create a world

Where all standards

And colors

Equally ugly and

Beautiful

Make up the

Diverse spectrum...

Of the human rainbow

From which

We all come from.

[Edited 10/16/11 23:43pm]