Now you want to descend
The rope that hung
And choked---
To walk in footprints
With me
To offer an apology
For the naked sin
Yet you refuse to change
The conditions
That gave permissions
To the privileges
Of the skin
You are in.
Yes
To err is human
Yes
To forgive is divine
Christ
Human
And
Divine
Wearing a crown
Of thorny vine
Crucified
And Pilate
Washed away
The Man
From his hand
And remained within
The skin he was in
Reconciliation
Is death
To humiliation
To degradation
Extermination
God forgives and may His mercy
Be upon you
Racism lives
And its callous coveted conditions
Live too.