You said,'Colour is not important, love is important.'
That got me thinking...
darling
you are white
and I am brown
what if it was the other way around?
I have never been with a man as white as you
well the right term is fair
but this is a poem and so the right terms...
use them I don't care
Your colour has made me realize
that my tanned skin I just don't like
until yesterday everything was fine
until I became aware that you are truly mine
How can you love this dark brown skin of mine
when our colour contrast is so defined?
Suddenly I don't love myself anymore
because I'm with you and it's you I adore
I wish I were as white as snow for you
then my whole body will be the same shade as yours
there won't be darker shades on my 'other'
body parts
they'll be like yours all the same and NEVER dark
What will others say
when you introduce me to them?
Have you ever thought that
they may 'talk' and cause mayhem?
They'll say that I don't suit you
that you're better off with a woman
that they'll choose for you
I fell in love with you first my dearest
and I didn't notice your colour then
but since we've been together these few months
it's become so obvious that
my complexion's so tanned
I know you love me just the way I am
that we are true lovers
and that colour DOES NOT matter
but I'm human aren't I?
My eyes see you and they don't lie
I know one thing for sure
that I love you dearly
and my love for you is pure
you look beyond my brown skin
and I try to do the same with you
my dear lover
but this question in my mind still remains
Does Colour Really Matter?
-SHF-
5 comments:
I told you thousand times my love that color is not important, love is important to me and your love is all that matters. I also told you that in future our body will get wrinkled as we grow old. Does that mean we will not love each other than? SEX IS A PART OF LOVE. Only true and unconditional love will remain and grow stronger with the time.
Darling get out of your insecurities. Think about that.
HF
Hai Neneps. This is a thought provoking poem. I can understand this woman's insecurities about the colour of her skin. It's always different when the woman is of fair complexion and the man isn't. It's more acceptable.
I am of Indian origin and I am olive complexioned. My husband on the other hand is very rosy skinned. We fell in love and initially, I was afraid of losing him to other women who were fairer. But, he truly loved me for who I am.
Even when my mother inlaw objected to our relationship because I wasn't fair complexioned, he stood by me. It was then that I realized that he loved me unconditionally. We've been married for 12 years now. We've had our difficult journey in life but we are very happy together.
The woman's lover in this poem seems to love her very much. The colour of the skin is not important believe me...it's the colour of the heart that is TRULY important.
Thanks for highlighting the insecurities of a tanned skinned woman Neneps.
Olive skinnned and Proud of It (Kerala,INDIA)
HF! Whom are you writing this comment to? Whom are you asking to get her insecurities over with?
Your comments are supposed to be focused on the contents and story of the poetry itself.
Why are you taking it personally and referring yourself to Neneps? I don't understand.
Neneps! Great poem. You can write something so sexy,so touching and now, so mind provoking. The colour of one's skin is a very sensitive subject. This poem craftily airs the woes of a woman who's so uneasy in her own skin colour.
There are many of us who feel like that but we keep it inside us. Thanks fo highlighting this issue Neneps and HF...your words are kind but they should be written in general and not be referred to Neneps in particular.
CoHanCoHan(SINGAPORE)
I am a marriage agent. I just came across your blog Neneps. Let me share my views with you.
I have come across people from all walks of life from my 25 years of being a marriage broker. But one thing remains the same and that is when the prospective groom looks for a prospective bride, he ALWAYS wants a fair skinned woman...never mind what shade of brown or black he is and of course if the groom is fair skinned...there's no question that he'd want a fair skinned bride himself.
This is the reality of the arranged marriage industry now. Of course there are cases where the colour of the bride is not an issue given the fact that the bride is either more educated than the groom or is earning more than him.
I have observed that in love marriages although both the couple are okay with each other about the colour of their complexion...it is always the inlaws who are not happy.
Such is the world nowadays. HF...I take my hats off to you. All men should be like you. It's nice to find a man who is 'COLOUR BLIND' because he truly is a unique find.
Karunakaran Pillai(MALAYSIA)
HF..I agree with you but you write as though you are talking to Neneps and that you know her!LOL...
You sound more like a husband consoling his wife!LOL
As for Olive Skin...I agree with you on the subject that somehow society is less observant when the woman is fairer complexioned than her lover or husband.
Nice poem Neneps.
NOtperfectskin (MALAYSIA)
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