A borrowed poem..

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, a broad nose and kinky hair?
Why did you create someone who receives the hated stare?
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 am useless?
How come I feel so used?
Why do people see my skin and think I should be abused?
Lord, I just don’t understand….
What is it about my skin?

(God’s reply) Why I made 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 lamb’s wool;
such a gentle creature is he…
I am the shepherd who watches over them,
I WILL always watch over thee!
You are the color of midnight sky;
I put star glitter in your eyes….
There is a beautiful smile hidden beneath your pain…
That is why your cheeks are so high!
You are the color of dark clouds from the hurricanes I create in September….
I made your lips so full and thick;
So when you kiss,, they will remember!
Your stature is strong,
your bone structure thick to withstand the burden of time…
The reflection in the mirror,
That image is that looks back 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.

P.S.

I found this somewhere..I did not actually write it.