Does it really matter?

This-black velvet rich in chocolate Hers- a vanilla creamed in milk Does it really matter? I mean we all have noses and breathe the same air We all get kissed by the same sun which is far over there So does it really matter? I know of little Jessica who lives in the township She works hard at school every day just to get that scholarship Scoring A's and B's, the letters after that she doesn't see Hardly affording school, struggles to pay her daily taxi fee Hoping that one day, from her-poverty will flee Honestly People tell me, what colour do you make Jessica to be? But does it really matter? And just for clarity, Jessica is a Caucasian living in Zimbabwe Mugabe and his comrades stripped her family and chased them to the projects Now a secluded white family known as the rejects. How odd it is, for a White family to live in the projects. But does it really matter? I would tell you about the affluent Scott Mansfield Who has enough money than any other business yields But the predicted sequence shows That this man's vanilla is quite low But does that really matter? These two examples seemed mixed up and unbalanced because of the colour that we paint on situations. So does it really matter? Not because she's white and he's black No no the thing is with that comes with different privileges and setbacks Now that really matters Don't get me wrong, now there's confidence in your colour- pride, heritage call it whatever you like. That really matters but only because colour gives us an identity It's tied to our culture, our languages and traditions It's speaks of where we come from as a people, who we are It symbolises the immeasurable depth in the universal versatility And personally there is no better story It's quite beautiful in truth The recognition of this difference provides me with a deeper appreciation towards life. However in this lifetime , it's entangled with judgement, success and quality of life Now in that case, does it really matter? Why do you tie shade with a thief or the richest CEO? Why do you couple a shade with certain actions? Does it really matter? I shouldn't even be writing about this I should be telling you about appreciating the simplicities of life or about how satisfaction is just never really satisfied with being satisfied. Because that keeps us humans going. The next moment of satisfaction. I should be telling you about my love for the ability to manipulate words, How we're separated by personal experience Within a collective experience Which provide excess exchanges of exciting expressions Externalising all our existing extremity I hope you've appreciated and analysed the attempt to attract your attention to my adrift alliteration Now that really matters But no my soul is forced to express regret in our societal behaviour Leaving me but no choice but to plead for a saviour In the 21st century still, an African layer light in melanin is not African An African layer LIGHT in melanin is not African Still darker shades dance to rhythm of gunshots I don't even know what to call it- is this a plot? What is this invisible system conferring dominance on a group? Making being a certain shade something to rue Allowing beauty and acceptance to be weighted in favour of lightness. But that doesn't matter to me I'm tall, dark and handsome- plus my smile is all brightness Look I'm not saying we shouldn't acknowledge our races We should, it should make us appreciative, proud and put smiles on our faces Not less or more human Because just like blonde and red hair is still hair Black, white, Coloured and Asian people are still people The secret lies in our internal identity That's what makes us human Let's be colour-conscious and not colour blinded Let's have honest dialogues about the system that's one sided Let's address the fact that racism is created and institutionalized On our TV screens, schools, our parents and their protective lies The world is full of inequalities but racism will always remain supreme And because of this we'll never be able to fight the scourges caused by other inequalities We can cry about rich and poor, inequality between men and women, even fight for LGBT rights but racism remains dark and heavy over those lighter inequalities What? Because somebody gave God a colour now all of a sudden this is pure and holy? Pause for thought. I say it doesn't matter because regardless of our colour of birth All of us, you and me, we're from the same earth