In Black and White
In black and white
You're a shade of grey
Color does not matter
Not where we're going from here
Take a look inside
Our blood flows red
If we fall, we both bleed
The same color
The color of my eyes
And the texture of my hair
Makes me no better
Than my sister or brother
Death won't choose me and leave you
Because you look different
When it's our time to go
We all get taken away
And skin color does not matter
Not where we're going from here
For in black and white
We're nothing but shades of grey.
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Submitted on July 02, 2013
Modified on April 12, 2023
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|---|---|
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 479 |
| Words | 101 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 20 |
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