i am freeman

i am freeman

i  am freeman

unencumbered

not enslaved

i enjoy the rights 

of full citizenship

i exercise

our 

constitutionally guaranteed

civil rights

i am white

i think i know 

the weight

of sins

by my forefathers

i know 

i will never understand

being a person of color

any color

i know

the deck has been 

stacked

in my favor

before my very being

by the color

of my skin

i have white privilege

i have choice

Author's Note

face the facts
we have been wrong
we can change ... if we want
be brave ... be heard ... be for right !