I Have Traveled A Bit Ben In Many A Town Poem by Francis Duggan

I have traveled a bit been in many a town
And i have mixed with many races of black, white and brown
But you need not be well educated or be one who has traveled far
To realize that skin pigmentation does not define the person you are

I have met with good people of every race and creed
And red is the blood we are born with to bleed
I only treat others the way they treat me
This is how it is and how it ought to be

If to your higher self you wish to be true
Do give to everyone the respect they are due
If you show disrespect in return disrespect you receive
This is some thing that should not be hard to believe

The near perfect people to say the least few
To this you may say do tell us what is new
But there is a moral code for us all to live by
To every male and female this does apply

Years ago from my first home i went to live elsewhere
And since i have traveled a bit in the big World out there
I have mixed with many races and i have come to realize
That you cannot define a person by her or his nationality this is not a surprise.