Dear is your beauty and priceless you are, <br /> as every black boy and girl who must stand alone <br /> in seas filled with pearls of different sizes and shapes, <br /> but none, none to match their shade. <br /> Black Pearl, you are forced to stand alone, <br /> in classrooms where you have no friend, <br /> on playgrounds where you sit and wish for a friend, <br /> someone clothed in natural ebony, just like you. <br /> Black Pearl, your beauty is radiant, your strength is awesome. <br /> So keep on standing. Stand Tall. <br /> You are Black Pearl.<br /><br />Jennifer J. Slater<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/black-pearl/
