If there was one thing-

I could change

about the world we live in

it would be our skins.

People look at the shades of others,

and determine their sins

Why does being darker than another

determine their fate?

None of us can judge another's past -

or predict their death date

Segregating others based on the amount of melanin we all posses -

is a problem that must be put to rest.

I keep stressing about these issues that are just so pressing

I am tired of hearing slurs

from people soaking in their bigotry -

Without taking a second to look at their ancestry

Maybe one day we can all trade skins

So we can understand what it is like to be misread -

to the point that some end up

Dead.