LORD, WHY DID YOU MAKE ME BLACK?

Dreadz9093
on 12/30/09 1:08 am - Irvington, NJ

Lord... Why did you make me black?

Why did you make someone the world would hold back?
Black is the color of dirty clothes, of grimy hands and feet...
Black is the color of darkness, of tired beaten streets...
Why did you give me thick lips, broad nose and kinky hair?
Why did you create someone *****ceives the hated stares?
Black is the color of the bruised eye when someone gets hurt...
Black is the color of darkness, black is the color of dirt...
Why is my bone structure so thick, my hips and cheeks so high?
Why are my eyes brown, and not the color of the sky?
Why do people think I am useless?
How come I feel so used?
Why do people see my skin and think I should be abused?
Lord, I don't understand...
What is it about my skin?
Why, is it some people want to hate me and not know the person within?
Black is what people are "LABELED" when others want to keep them away...
Black is the color of shadows cast...
Black is the end of the day...
Lord, you know my own people mistreat me, and you know this just ain't right...
They don't like my hair, they don't like my skin...
They say I'm too dark  or too light!!!
Lord, don't you think it's time to make a change?
Why don't you redo creation and make everyone the same?

GOD'S Reply was....

Why did I make you black?
Why did I make you black?
I made you in the color of coal from which beautiful diamonds are formed...

I made you in the color of oil, the black gold which keeps people warm...
Your color is the same as the rich dark soil that grows the food you need...

Your color is the same as the black stallion and panther, oh what majestic creatures indeed!!!
All colors of the heavenly rainbow can be found throughout every nation...
When all these colors are blended, you become my greatest creation!!!
Your hair is the texture of lambs wool, such a beautiful creature is he...
I am the shepherd who watches them, I will ALWAYS watch over thee!!!
You are the color of the midnight sky, I put star glitter in your eyes...

There's a beautiful smile hidden behind your pain...
That's why your cheeks are so high!!!
You are the color of dark clouds from the hurricanes I create in the September...

I made your lips so full and thick, so when you kiss THEY will remember!!!
Your stature is strong, your bone structure is thick to withstand the burden of time...

The reflection you see in the mirror, that image that looks back, that is MINE!!!
SO GET OFF YOUR KNEES, LOOK IN THE MIRROR AND TELL ME WHAT YOU SEE?
I didn't make you in the image of darkness...
I made you in the image of ME!!!  
 

            
echo6w
on 12/30/09 2:30 am
Luv it!!




No Retreat!  No Surrender!
Dreadz9093
on 12/30/09 3:40 am - Irvington, NJ
Yes this is my favorite I wish I knew who wrote it.  It speaks of all the reasons that we are of so many shades and not just one color.
            
CeeDee73
on 12/30/09 3:58 am - CO
That was beautiful!!

Kindness is the language, which the deaf can hear, and the blind can see. ~MarkTwain                             
 
 
 

mamapeaches05
on 12/30/09 5:55 am - Hot Springs, AR
This is beautiful may I copy it and share it with my many children?
Mama Peaches Diva on a Journey
I am somebody, I have a purpose, and I'm going somewhere
Just prazin the Lord wit my feet!

Running Man

    
Dreadz9093
on 12/30/09 9:33 am - Irvington, NJ
Please feel free I wish I knew who wrote it. I have carried it with me for some years now and thought that my BAF family would like to read it.
            
Longhorn D.
on 12/31/09 1:04 am - Dallas, TX

Did a quick google search and the author of the poem is RuNett Nia Ebo and it was inspired by the Book of Genesis.

Dreadz9093
on 12/31/09 1:16 am - Irvington, NJ
thank you for that info
            
ZaftigH
on 1/2/10 10:17 am - Cleveland, OH
If I remember correctly, I've read this poem in one of the Essence magazines. It always brings a smile to my face b/c every word is so true of us.


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