When I See You, I Don’t See Color

Do you know what I don’t like?

I don’t like when a white person looks at me,

Then confidently verbalizes when they see me,

They don’t see color.

It throws me off.

Because when I look in the mirror,

Color is the first thing I see.

I don’t have time for mental circles.

My beautifully blacked face represents royalty like the color purple.

But I do have one question though.

If you look at me, a black man,

Where the blacker the berry the sweeter the juice,

And a dream for every dollar,

What do you see if you don’t see my color?

Do you bypass the idea of innocence existing beneath skins that make colors pop fuller?

When you see a lion,

Do you not acknowledge its dominance?

Please don’t confuse my intelligence for ignorance.

When you tell me you don’t see my color,

Is like telling me you’re looking through me,

Barely seeing me.

I mean the entirety of what makes me free.

Then again I never really understood what that statement mean.

How could you look at me and not see color?

Because when I speak,

I articulate like a black scholar?

From that perspective,

Does not seeing color make my energy seem smaller?

Do you subconsciously only see us as maids and butlers?

I wonder.

However, that isn’t the point.

When we’re stopped and frisked you see my color.

Even when unarmed my skin is still a weapon.

Do you take the time to see from our viewpoint,

That being born black is a blessing.

The complexity within my complexion isn’t enough to justify your unnecessary retaliation,

Fueled by hate and aggression.

Talking about you felt threatened.

Fuck that.

I’m convinced by now,

You are aware of what you’re doing from the first to the last second.

You tell the world our hearts are cold,

Omitting that yours is much colder.

I know when you see me,

The very first thing you see is my color.

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