DREAMS ARE NOT BLACK OR WHITE/
By ROZI THEOHARI/
In the old days,/
Black women/
Brought up white children./
Today I,/
A white girl, baby-sit/
A black child,/
My little, curly Cherub./
Her eyes are bright
Like May sunshine.
Her skin is soft as silk.
When she smiles
Violet roses
Flush her cheeks.
She dreams of becoming a pianist,
And I—a surgeon.
(Dreams are not black or white)
Little brown fingers close
Over my pink ones
Creating
A butterfly with striped wings.
By our command
The butterfly
Begins to fly
And with it—
our dreams…