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THE BLACK PRAYER: (What do you think about it)? by cassanova at 1/18/2008 7:06:15 AM 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!

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uwish8807	1/18/2008 7:27:28 AM Wow dat iz vry deep. It made me wan cry bcuz I wuld neva wnt a person 2 feel bad like dat. All races r such beauty!! I luv da blck race!! Az well az all da othaz. I dnt see skin color, I c inner beauty!
cassanova	1/19/2008 12:38:18 AM Awwww.....
beautyqueen08	1/21/2008 9:04:36 PM That was some deep sh*t. I never looked at our race that way. Everyone is beautifull in their own way. And it is not always about what people look/act like. It is what a person does for the next person. And what people have on the inside of their minds and soul. God made everyone diff. for a reason. What would they world be like if everyone was the same?
cassanova	1/21/2008 10:00:37 PM True....
prettyblack30	1/31/2008 10:02:24 AM That touch my heart so that I cry while I readed it
cassanova	1/31/2008 7:17:41 PM It's touching for sure.
cassanova	2/1/2008 9:41:18 PM A lady by the user name: kadreac, wrote to me these words in response to this Prayer. She was just too shy to reply on here directly...lol Quote/Unquote, this is what it read:
cassanova	2/1/2008 9:42:47 PM "ok. here goes. It is all in how you (NOT someone else) see yourself. Not wait for someone to tell you how wonderful, how beautiful, how great you are. We should NOT wait for God are anyone to tell us how wonderful we are. I say that to say this, God made each and everyone of us ( as we all know )." ...continued below...
cassanova	2/1/2008 9:43:55 PM "And when he made us he made us all beautiful. He didn't stop and say i'm going to make these few ugly. So who are we to question his creation. LUV yourself. It all starts w/ you, and only you. If you can't do that then you can't begin to ask anyone to luv you. WE ARE ALLLLLL BEAUTIFUL kadrea chambers: there it is"
kadreac	2/2/2008 1:03:33 PM thanx for gettin that up there boo. Good lookin out! I don't know why i couldn't do it. Hopefully we can all look @ ourself and see things that are wonderful. Things we hadn't seen b4. luv and peace.
cassanova	2/2/2008 10:34:31 PM Sorry, I had to put you on blast...lol
luvable11886	2/22/2008 9:17:36 PM To me BLACK is beautiful........ This poem made me cry. it really touched my heart..............
cassanova	2/22/2008 10:06:49 PM That's nice! But what about the poem made you cry? And what touched your heart within the poetry?
sssunshine	3/30/2008 6:06:07 PM beautiful and true as it may be. bing black is not a reason for being ignorant being black is not a reason for being weak. being black is not the color of your heart not is is the color of your strength so expess your ideas and more and strive to the sky and please by all means stay black(if you were born that way) prayers are beautiful how ever way you say them.
cassanova	4/1/2008 7:55:26 AM Thank you Bay.