Page 39 - Poems by Alyson Malach - Childhood to Adulthood
P. 39
Colour Blind
When will you use me to make the picture bright?
When will you use me? Will the �me be ever, right?
Are you ashamed of me? Or are you running scared?
Do you really see me? And do you actually care?
I am part of you. You gave birth to me.
Yet you ignore my very existence. Always refusing to see
That I am a mixture. A part of you and dad
Not ever seeing my Blackness really makes me sad.
I know deep down you love me. I know inside you care.
But not recognising my mixedness
Makes ourlives hard to share.
Show me some respect mum. Demonstrate your love.
‘Cos when you and dad created me. I was a blessing from above.
When did that all change mum? Was it when the shadows fell?
Was it when I grew darker? Was this what made your life hell?
No need to be ashamed of me. No need to pretend.
That you are not my mother, just a child of your friend
Alyson Malach- for Darren
August 2007
38 | P a g e
