Reconsider Privilege

It's not as simple as black and white
And there isn't always just a Black and a White
Sometimes there is someone self-conscious about their skin color
And they are not Black
But they don't feel White
They identify in their internal world with people of color
But the outside world doesn't seem to align
And she doesn't feel in her place
Or just out of place
She wants the two worlds to meet
Cuz she never identified with the privileged
And although people might tell her she is because she is White
She doesn't feel White
She forgets the very color of her skin
And it's right under her nose
It's on her nose
And it's all part of becoming self-conscious
In the awareness kind of way
But she's self-conscious in both ways when people of color look at her and wonder what in the world she wants
I am not here to "help"
To exert power
Or privilege
I am here to stand in solidarity
To struggle together
To overcome together
Because although my skin color is lighter
My blood is the same color
And perhaps when we think about it,
We would realize the tension flowing through our veins
Is one in the same