I can't be with him,
the family won't approve,
I'm not the right religion,
his skin's not the right color.
It really is that sorry,
nope,
sorry,
next contestant please,
but why?
why can't it be different?
Why can't we be blind?
blind to color,
blind to creed,
blind to religion,
blind to pasts,
I don't care,
That I am not a Catholic,
or that he is not white,
all I care about
is how I feel
but can't feel
because I don't want
to hurt my family
or his.

06/16/2001

Author's Note: Written a while ago(before I found my religion)about a friend of mine and the realization that we could never be more than friends because neither of our families would approve.

Posted on 04/07/2003
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