No, I am not black
Peace on earth goodwill to mankind, we are of one world o e race the human race and are all citizens of the planet earth.
No, I am not black
No, your right I am not black, so I cannot
ever know how you may actually
feel, because God just happened to
make my skin color white but does it
make a big deal? We both you and I
have struggled in a lot of the same ways
for I fight every day to find good paying
jobs so I can put food on my children's
plate. Just because I was born to
parents that are white too, does not
mean that I came with a big silver spoon.
Just because are you black does not
mean that you were born poor, you
have more millionaires now than at
anytime in our history before. You,
were never a slave picking cotton in the
fields and I never owned any and I never
will, that mistake was resolved back
over one hundred years through many
different color of people who have cried
the same color of tears. When you sit
down and listen to my words which
ebb and now flow, I am a Poet like you
that bleeds the same ink that you do
I fight for the freedom of every race of
man and I battle against hate where we
all must make stand. So please when
you see me walking down your street
there is no need to call me your enemy
you see for I am just soldier on a mission
trying to make ends meet. Divided we will
be defeated by the evils if hate took down
one by one until it is too late separated
by memories of all our past mistakes
doomed to repeat them as we fall to the
hate. So I say, to all my brothers and sisters
of every color as I reach out my hand while
giving you my heart in peace let us let go
of the pain and anger and put laughter and
good times in its place.
Poet Richard M Knittle Jr.
A #Poets Journey
Texas Poet Laureate Nominee 2016-2020
No, I am not black
No, your right I am not black, so I cannot
ever know how you may actually
feel, because God just happened to
make my skin color white but does it
make a big deal? We both you and I
have struggled in a lot of the same ways
for I fight every day to find good paying
jobs so I can put food on my children's
plate. Just because I was born to
parents that are white too, does not
mean that I came with a big silver spoon.
Just because are you black does not
mean that you were born poor, you
have more millionaires now than at
anytime in our history before. You,
were never a slave picking cotton in the
fields and I never owned any and I never
will, that mistake was resolved back
over one hundred years through many
different color of people who have cried
the same color of tears. When you sit
down and listen to my words which
ebb and now flow, I am a Poet like you
that bleeds the same ink that you do
I fight for the freedom of every race of
man and I battle against hate where we
all must make stand. So please when
you see me walking down your street
there is no need to call me your enemy
you see for I am just soldier on a mission
trying to make ends meet. Divided we will
be defeated by the evils if hate took down
one by one until it is too late separated
by memories of all our past mistakes
doomed to repeat them as we fall to the
hate. So I say, to all my brothers and sisters
of every color as I reach out my hand while
giving you my heart in peace let us let go
of the pain and anger and put laughter and
good times in its place.
Poet Richard M Knittle Jr.
A #Poets Journey
Texas Poet Laureate Nominee 2016-2020
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