Contrast Of Love

She did, finding charm in his manner and style,
and he very silently stood for a while.
She spoke hoping strike up interest and maybe a friend,
but all he could hope for was this the end.
He was polite but struggled to get his word across lips,
and she could not help smiling when he carefully watched her hips.
He spoke with an uncertain tone damning every shutter in his voice,
and she finding it almost coy gave him her number without his choice.
He smiled and said he would call that very night,
waved his hand as he lost her in his sight.
So different from what he ever knew,
a darker beauty that knew what to do.
He opened the door when he got home hoping the number she gave was right,
for in all his time here he was never felt glowing bright.
His fingers stretched over the pads hoping she would be there,
and as a soft voice spoke proclaiming this was at her lair.
They talked for what seemed to be hours at a time,
but when they returned to school they found a hidden crime.
She spoke of how cute he seemed to be,
and her friend gasping at her luck wanted to see.
She called and made a date that very night,
wanting to be in his arms holding her tight.
He took hours to get that cow lick to finally stand down,
and then he rushed for the bus to meet her in town.
When he got there he saw a line of girls he wished he never knew,
but he could not run and just let the date go through.
The conversation was controlled by racial slurs and cracker reference to being white,
he took it all in but wanting so much to crawl out of sight.
She Stood up time and again and told her friends he was a nice guy,
being ever so cute but just a little shy.
They said there are others that would suite her just right in deed,
for what would come to a baby from that sperm in your seed.
Disgusted by what they said,
she told the boy all she wanted to do was be dead.
Seeing the hurt in her eyes he told them what was in his heart,
A staggering contrast from what she knew from their start.
He stood tall and told them to go on their marry way,
and don’t bother them no more this day.
They left and the seed of love grew from day to day,
when all the world said no they let their love stay.
They had other instances of racial conflict doubt,
But together they became stout.
Their love became a family of white and black,
and their commitment for back other never did slack.
They grew older like we all seem to do,
but the lesson they lived should be understood by me and you.
It is not what is on the outside that defines the person you can be,
It’s the way we act that endures others you and me.