Monday, December 31, 2007

How Can You Hate Me Comments

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How can you hate me for the color of my skin?
Because I am short or tall or fat or thin
How can you hate me because of my race?
Do we not all have a human face?
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Ruth Walters 19 April 2009

I love you for your good heart! You are a rare soul and I so truly appreciate this poem that you have written. I have had these same thoughts all my life and cannot understand my own human race for their views and hates sometimes. The only way I can forgive them is to think that they are fearful. Many are plain selfish though and many are so lazy minded that I think it is easier for them to lump everybody into categories if you see what I mean? Who knows? Perhaps they have had bad experience or bad upbringings or both.....still questioning but I'm so tired now. I'm getting old you know. Ruth

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Kitti Manson 10 January 2008

Wow.... inspiring and so true. That last stanza is what really got me, hook line and sinker. You are an amazing writer.

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John Nightingale 31 December 2007

Brilliant poem. When will we all learn to communicate? Your poem is a good place to start. Thanks.

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