I've designed the colors
of the rainbow
and the birds
up in the tree.
I've mixed the kaleidoscope
of every hue
in an effort to be free.
I've developed nature's fine art
with only
the highest skill
and yet my greatest creation
has abused
their own free will.
When I start all over
I'll think about throwing
the palette away
and work on my mistakes
which seems
to betray
the very essence of human nature
and their inability
to see the light
when the color inbetween
upsets
the black and white.
The beauty is in our differences.
Yet those differences
still offend.
So ironically
instead of enlightenment
mankind's problems never end.
You may think I'm idealistic
and my sentiment
is naive
but if you don't show
love and respect
then how can you believe
it should never
become an issue
or a cardinal sin
to have the same heart
under
a different colored skin.
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of the rainbow
and the birds
up in the tree.
I've mixed the kaleidoscope
of every hue
in an effort to be free.
I've developed nature's fine art
with only
the highest skill
and yet my greatest creation
has abused
their own free will.
When I start all over
I'll think about throwing
the palette away
and work on my mistakes
which seems
to betray
the very essence of human nature
and their inability
to see the light
when the color inbetween
upsets
the black and white.
The beauty is in our differences.
Yet those differences
still offend.
So ironically
instead of enlightenment
mankind's problems never end.
You may think I'm idealistic
and my sentiment
is naive
but if you don't show
love and respect
then how can you believe
it should never
become an issue
or a cardinal sin
to have the same heart
under
a different colored skin.
*************