Can I borrow your skin?
Hear me out, this isn’t some cannibalistic obsession of mine!
It is more out of sheer curiosity.
I want to know how it feels to walk around carefree, skin on full show.
*White skin, on full show.
I want to know how many times I am ridiculed for wearing a bikini,
Like I am ridiculed for wearing layers and covering my head, you know?
So, can I borrow your skin please?
I want to know how it feels to live as a coloniser!
No no, I don’t mean this in a bad way, this is factually accurate after all.
What I am trying to grasp is, how your skin allowed your ancestors to commit such atrocities!
I mean, you’re basically a version of terrorists too!
Decades and decades of terrorising people that did not agree with your barbarism.
Your skin fucking OWNED human beings. You owned them!
But somehow, your skin is fine, your skin is okay, your skin is in a position of power!
After generations of awfulness, your skin prevails.
So, can I borrow your skin?
I want to leave my house knowing that my backpack isn’t seen as a suspicious item for once!
I want to sit on the underground and not have people hold on to their belongings for dear fucking life!
I want to watch the news and not have to sit there praying the released name doesn’t start with Mohammed…
Dear white friend, can I borrow your skin?
The operative word being borrow.
Because I am quite proud of my pigmentation in reality!
I just want one day living as you do.
I just want one day of happiness,
I just want one day of no repercussions for others actions,
I just want one day of feeling safe,
I just want one day of feeling like “phew, thank fuck for my non-pigmented skin!”
So, can I borrow your skin?
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