The Black Prayer
This is deep, so take your time.

Why Did You Make Me Black Lord
Lord .. Why did you make me black?
Why did you make someone
the world would hold back?...
Black is the color of dirty clothes,
of grimy hands and feet......
Black is the color of darkness,
of tired beaten streets...
Why did you give me thick lips,
a broad nose and kinky hair?
Why did you create someone
who receives the hated stare?
Black is the color of the bruised eye
when someone gets hurt...
Black is the color of darkness,
black is the color of dirt.
Why is my bone structure so thick,
my hips and cheeks so high?
Why are my eyes brown,
and not the color of the sky?
Why do people think I'm useless?
How come I feel so used?
Why do people see my skin
and think I should be abused?
Lord, I just don't understand...
What is it about my skin?
Why is it some people want to hate me
and not know the person within?
Black is what people are "Labeled"
when others want to keep them away...
Black is the color of shadows cast...
Black is the end of the day.
Lord you know my own people mistreat me,
and you know this just ain't right...
They don't like my hair, they don't like my
skin, as they say I'm too dark or too light!
Lord, don't you think
it's time to make a change?
Why don't you redo creation
and make everyone the same?

GOD'S REPLY:
Why did I make you black? Why did I make you black?
I made you in the color of coal
from which beautiful diamonds are formed...
I made you in the color of oil,
the black gold which keeps people warm.
Your color is the same as the rich dark soil
that grows the food you need...
Your color is the same as the black stallion and
panther, Oh what majestic creatures indeed!
All colors of the heavenly rainbow
can be found throughout every nation...
When all these colors are blended,
you become my greatest creation!
Your hair is the texture of lamb's wool,
such a beautiful creature is he...
I am the shepherd who watches them,
I will ALWAYS watch over thee!
You are the color of the midnight sky,
I put star glitter in your eyes...
There's a beautiful smile hidden behind your pain...
That's why your cheeks are so high!
You are the color of dark clouds
from the hurricanes I create in September...
I made your lips so full and thick,
so when you kiss...they will remember!
Your stature is strong,
your bone structure thick to withstand the
burden of time...
The reflection you see in the mirror,
that image that looks back, that is MINE!
So get off your knees,
look in the mirror and tell me what you see?
I didn't make you in the image of darkness...
I made you in the image of ME!
this poem was inspired by Genesis1:26-27
and written by RuNett Nia-Ebo
Genesis 1:26 and 27
And GOD said, "Let Us make man in Our image, and after Our likeness. So GOD created man in His own image, male and female He created them.
ART WORK BY Ruud van Empel
Ruud van Empel

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sexybaby22:
The Black Prayer
This is deep, so take your time.

Why Did You Make Me Black Lord
Lord .. Why did you make me black?
Why did you make someone
the world would hold back?...
Black is the color of dirty clothes,
of grimy hands and feet......
Black is the color of darkness,
of tired beaten streets...
Why did you give me thick lips,
a broad nose and kinky hair?
Why did you create someone
who receives the hated stare?
Black is the color of the bruised eye
when someone gets hurt...
Black is the color of darkness,
black is the color of dirt.
Why is my bone structure so thick,
my hips and cheeks so high?
Why are my eyes brown,
and not the color of the sky?
Why do people think I'm useless?
How come I feel so used?
Why do people see my skin
and think I should be abused?
Lord, I just don't understand...
What is it about my skin?
Why is it some people want to hate me
and not know the person within?
Black is what people are "Labeled"
when others want to keep them away...
Black is the color of shadows cast...
Black is the end of the day.
Lord you know my own people mistreat me,
and you know this just ain't right...
They don't like my hair, they don't like my
skin, as they say I'm too dark or too light!
Lord, don't you think
it's time to make a change?
Why don't you redo creation
and make everyone the same?

GOD'S REPLY:
Why did I make you black? Why did I make you black?
I made you in the color of coal
from which beautiful diamonds are formed...
I made you in the color of oil,
the black gold which keeps people warm.
Your color is the same as the rich dark soil
that grows the food you need...
Your color is the same as the black stallion and
panther, Oh what majestic creatures indeed!
All colors of the heavenly rainbow
can be found throughout every nation...
When all these colors are blended,
you become my greatest creation!
Your hair is the texture of lamb's wool,
such a beautiful creature is he...
I am the shepherd who watches them,
I will ALWAYS watch over thee!
You are the color of the midnight sky,
I put star glitter in your eyes...
There's a beautiful smile hidden behind your pain...
That's why your cheeks are so high!
You are the color of dark clouds
from the hurricanes I create in September...
I made your lips so full and thick,
so when you kiss...they will remember!
Your stature is strong,
your bone structure thick to withstand the
burden of time...
The reflection you see in the mirror,
that image that looks back, that is MINE!
So get off your knees,
look in the mirror and tell me what you see?
I didn't make you in the image of darkness...
I made you in the image of ME!
this poem was inspired by Genesis1:26-27
and written by RuNett Nia-Ebo
Genesis 1:26 and 27
And GOD said, "Let Us make man in Our image, and after Our likeness. So GOD created man in His own image, male and female He created them.
ART WORK BY Ruud van Empel
Ruud van Empel

I don't know if you're actually a writer, but I think firstly as a writer, an African writer for that matter, you should know this black/white thing was perpetuated by the white man, they brought their Christianity and we had to give up our own gods, our own ways. As a writer you have no business with Christianity, stop quoting the Bible. You cannot say on the one hand you are a Christian and on the other hand moan about being black. Our ancestors never saw themselves as being black, they saw themselves as Igbo people or Tiv people or Kikuyu people or Zulu people, but never as being black. But the white men came and turned things upside down.

PharoahIII:
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I don't know if you're actually a writer, but I think firstly as a writer, an African writer for that matter, you should know this black/white thing was perpetuated by the white man, they brought their Christianity and we had to give up our own gods, our own ways. As a writer you have no business with Christianity, stop quoting the Bible. You cannot say on the one hand you are a Christian and on the other hand moan about being black. Our ancestors never saw themselves as being black, they saw themselves as Igbo people or Tiv people or Kikuyu people or Zulu people, but never as being black. But the white men came and turned things upside down.

And what if I have dabbled in diverse forms of spirituality, and found out that I preferred the Christian God? Even in the days of old, people who were opportuned to make contact with other tribes/civilizations changed their mode of spirituality/religion if they find out that it suits them better compared to the older one they grew up knowing.

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sexybaby22:


And what if I have dabbled in diverse forms of spirituality, and found out that I preferred the Christian God? Even in the days of old, people who were opportuned to make contact with other tribes/civilizations changed their mode of spirituality/religion if they find out that it suits them better compared to the older one they grew up knowing.

It is like a child saying it prefers another woman to its own mother. In response to your comment about how in the days long bygone, people changed their ways and so on, my question is this: why did the white man not adopt our own ways? Why did he not adopt our own language and our own customs. After all the same white man said when in Rome behave like a Roman. The most painful thing about Christianity is abroad people do not go to church, white people o, the same ones who brought Christianity to us. And whenever you are accosted in the street by someone inviting you to his church, you can be certain it is a 'black' man. Have we no shame?