Now, with clear eyes I see
That in the years past.
This cage has set me free
Society tells us how to be
The darker one comes last
Now with clear eyes I see
The holes in our equality
Still no different from the past
This cage has set me free
The gap between you and me
Has become far too vast
Now with clear eyes I see
The beauty of ethnicity
Soiled by the bigot’s gas.
This cage has set me free
Tolerance too much to ask
True equality too big a task
Now with clear eyes I see that
Within this cage we’re far from free.
This article appears in September 2013.
