twinkle twinkle,,,we all started ass little stars, now I wonder what we are. I never felt black until I met you, I actually never knew anything about colours and races. Did you know that my heart has the same shape as yours?...guess what, we have equal heartbeats too and I heard the HEART is the ENGINE of the entire body so, if it stops, everything shuts down,
Remember me?..maybe you don't well, me neither. All I know is that we were born into this earth separately, grew up in different far away lands but here we are, fighting and cursing each other over something we should laugh about...bored?..ok..let me tell you my story;
I am me, just a different skin colour, spent 9 special months inside my mother's womb, although she said those months weren't easy for her but she had to go through it happily. I am sure your mother knows this same stress too. I believe you too spent 9 beautiful months inside her. I don't know a lot about my first day on earth but I heard everyone was happy, mother hugged me, she was finally free..I was even told that I cried. Well I had no choice, that is what babies do. Did you cry when you came into the earth?...sorry for asking, every human does. Growing up is a beautiful thing, I remember when I took my first step, it was a joyous day for all of us, although I fell down so many times but, I never stopped trying. Mother, she always tells me that I am sweet and strong, I made her unhappy so many times but she never stopped loving me, I heard all mothers do.
I have a problem, a BIG problem. I found myself in your world today, full of your beautiful kind but I don't understand why some of your people do not like me, they call me names and say I am a lesser creature, an animal, why?...mother never told me I was different, she always said "WE ARE ONE" and I believed her...mmmmhhhhh.... Well my friend, I can't take this ignorance any longer, I have started a fight...now don't get me wrong, I am not violent, it's just a fight to let our people understand what my mother always told me, a fight named "WE ARE ONE". I cannot do this alone, I need you to join me, let your people and my people see our colours together, it is more beautiful that way.
You know, I really love mixing chocolate and milk together, it is an awesome combination. My parents always bought me OREO, it has the colour of my skin and it is really sweet. I always ate it with milk which represents YOU. I grew up to understand that the first meal administered to a child on earth comes from the mothers breast and it is MILKY. Meaning, UNITED we are more nutritious. This is exactly what I want our people to understand because, they are my people too.
We can always bring our combination together to have a more satisfying, healthy, beautiful and happy LIFE. Well my friend, I think we share the same story. As a black man, I thank God for making your skin different because, it is a beautiful adventure. Lets save your own story for another day.
A Godwin Ezukuse piece.
