Sweet home
Red state
My boy ain't gay
Wasn't raised that way
Don't care what you say
Sometimes
It's not black and white
Most times it's gray
But we were way
Too black and white
For too many days
School door's closed
Church bombs blow
Marchin' on for right and fair
Some still choose
To close their eyes
But I wish I
Could have been there
Would I have
Hidden in
Safety of my home
Would I have
Had courage to
Join in that glorious throng
Sweet home
Red state
But some of us
Are blue
Judge not
Lest ye
Grew up
In Dixie
Too
Let us bow our heads
And pray for all
Humankind
'Cause I believe God is love
And heaven is gonna be
Colorblind
Red state
My boy ain't gay
Wasn't raised that way
Don't care what you say
Sometimes
It's not black and white
Most times it's gray
But we were way
Too black and white
For too many days
School door's closed
Church bombs blow
Marchin' on for right and fair
Some still choose
To close their eyes
But I wish I
Could have been there
Would I have
Hidden in
Safety of my home
Would I have
Had courage to
Join in that glorious throng
Sweet home
Red state
But some of us
Are blue
Judge not
Lest ye
Grew up
In Dixie
Too
Let us bow our heads
And pray for all
Humankind
'Cause I believe God is love
And heaven is gonna be
Colorblind
Once more I can't pick a favorite line or in this case stanza but thank you for this poem. It's compelling. It's beautiful. It's the Bone I have come to know over the past nine years and I guess these two stanzas sums it up
ReplyDeleteWould I have
Hidden in
Safety of my home
Would I have
Had courage to
Join in that glorious throng
Sweet home
Red state
But some of us
Are blue
Delish poem
ReplyDelete<3 love
Reads like Jason Isbel or an anthem for the New South
👍 so well done t bone! Your blue sister
ReplyDeleteVery cool, Bone.
ReplyDeleteThis is so good.
ReplyDeleteThis would make a good song... :-)
ReplyDeleteI'd like to say I'm more purple than blue or red, but the reality is, when I get pissed at one, I'm usually pissed at the other, so I think I'll take yellow or green or something completely unrelated instead of a mix of the two :)
ReplyDeleteTHIS. Ah. <3
ReplyDeletePia ~ Thank you. I like that you call it compelling. That's a big compliment.
ReplyDeleteGenie ~ Well, I've probably been listening to too much Jason Isbell lately. Or maybe just enough :)
Lucy ~ Thanks, sister.
Heidi ~ Thank you so much, Heidster.
Sherri B ~ Thank you.
J Adamthwaite ~ Oh, that made me smile, as I feel like most of my "poems" end up sounding more like lyrics to a yet-to-be written song :)
TC ~ Green can mean many things, too :)
Robyn ~ Thanks, sweets <3
Awesome :)
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