If I were you and you were me,
if we could swap for a day would it help us to see?
Would it help us to know where we are going wrong?
That this world is a place where we all belong.
If I were black, and you were white
would it teach us to love and not to fight?
Would we see that it’s not the colour of our skin
but what we have to give, what comes from within?
If just for a day our life we could trade,
could I accept how you feel?
Could you understand how I’m made?
If all of our anger could be combined
to fuel positive thoughts to help mankind
Then all over the world, we could make a fresh start,
just to speak with one voice and to love with one heart.
Author notes
Option 3 Racism
In a list
- a) My Gold Awards • next in list
- f) Inspirational • next in list
- h) Quiet Stuff • next in list
- k) My Personal Favourites • next in list
- Allpoetry Book Project: One • next in list
A contest entry
- Something Meaningful by A falling star.
600 points, ended April 3, 2007, 22 entries
Honorable mention
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest - Prejudice by vertigo beat.
525 points, ended April 4, 2007, 14 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest - 48 Hour Contest by Heavens Child.
700 points, ended April 3, 2008, 22 entries
Gold trophy winner
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest - ~ Peace~ by Frozentearz.
525 points, ended June 14, 2007, 17 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest - Deep Thinker Options by PonyPride.
350 points, ended January 15, 2008, 13 entries
Silver trophy winner
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
Please tell me what you think
Comments
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A good poem, especially the last two lines. The last two lines were great. Thanks for entering. Shya
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This is simply fantastic. The emotion and power you drove into this poem was amazing. I can not even begin to tell you how fantastic this is. I loved every bit of it, the ryhme, the message, and just the writing in general. And thank you both for making it on my finalist list and trying to make the world that much better! -
There was a reason for my hunt for you...
this is fantastic and a message for all the world to read in the first AP book.
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whoohoo
Thank you honey bun. and Thanks for your help too This old timer is very err errr what was I saying err
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Nice
One! I loved the idea of a poem with such truth in it.
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There are some incredibly wonderful thoughts in this passionate piece! It is easy to see why it has won before. Thanks for sharing your thoughts and entering the contest! Blessings and best wishes,
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I will say this again as I have in a another comment this contest has brought out some great diversity on
thoughts.
I liked the feel of this one and its message it brought forth, I liked the questions asked and how it made me stop to ponder over it,
Thanks for sharing,
Warm thoughts
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Oh my goodness! Definitely worthy of a gold trophy... this is absolutely incredible. You should be very proud. Great job.
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strong
i like the part about teaching others to love. it's true, maybe if everyone was blind and became friends with someone without seeing them, more people would have better friends.
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Very strong message. This is an brilliantly piece. I love the ending phrase. It's beautiful. Thank you so much for entering my contest.
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This is a great poem. I wish we could all just get along and love each other, despite our differences. Hating people for reasons they can't even change is horrible. Nice job with your poem.
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Just to speak with one voice
and love with one heart.
This is very beautiful
and true
I dont believe I need to trade places with you. I know how you feel. Peace seems beautiful, if only we could achieve this way.
Best of luck!
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A far off dream indeed. But one I strive for everyday. Action for peace is needed by just being peaceful and kind to others around us! But human nature does not change.
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This is a brilliant poem and deserves a mention, however could you put the option that it comes under into the author box please.
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Brilliant write in my mind well done. you have put the context of world peace to such clarity and truth well done, its a really good poem, its got good rhymeing, good flow, fantastic imagery I think this poem has a lot of thought about the world and shows some really interesting points. I especially liked:
If I were black, and you were white
Would it teach us to love
and not to fight.
although i think a question mark would be better than a full stop, as it will make the reader think even more other than that its a fantastic write, well done
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Brilliant
It seems everyone wants world peace, yet in order for that to come about, so many would have to chanGe so many things in their lives... unfortunately, not everyone is prepared to do that, so we do what we can to make a difference, even in the smallest way, "!smile at a face, of someone of a different race"
If everyone would just try it, they would find out that the more we give, the more others warm toward us, it's the same as saying... all I want is peace... if we had peace, then it would mean everything in our lives would be going well, otherwise, we would not have peace!
I do thank you for writing this, it has given a lift to my day, just to know that there is someone else out there who longs for true peace and security
Well done, I do appreciate this write.
~Katie~
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