Sistas: Would you be angry at a white guy if he..........?

Question

........gave you this poem?

A jewel box of obsidian holds God's brightest star of light,
But on this Earth, all hope for her to shine on me is gone.
In time that I might see such light in lives on worlds beyond,
A million suns would flare to life, then fade to endless night.


There IS a reference to her skin color there. I don't think I could ever say it in a better way: it's beautiful, yet explicitly external and secondary -- it holds a bright star, which is her soul.

I know SHE won't be angry, because she grew up in Africa and she doesn't have all the cultural baggage we have on THIS continent.
Just wondered how the rest of you would feel.


(Please don't think the "star" part is racist -- if you took it that way, then do realize that it would have to be an Asian supremacist poem, because our sun happens to be yellowish and not totally white. And please don't lecture me on how obsidian is "too" dark: you haven't seen HER!)

Answer 1

I just looked on yahoo and it shows several different shades of obsidian ranging from a orange to a burnt orange-reddish to a dark deep brown, but their all beautiful. SO, as a sister myself, no harm.

Answer 2

I think its beautiful!!! But if you had to ask then you should write a different poem or maybe give her a warning before reading it to her.