Different Colored Passport (A Privileged Colored Passport)
White, male, born in the USA
I have to be honest and say
I have privilege in every way
The truth is:
Since I was a little kid
The life I’ve been able to live
Is one of undeniable privilege
You see
even If I don’t have money
Automatic opportunities
Are given to me for free
Just because of my nationality
I care that compare
To other countries and friends
My traveling options never end
Just because I’m born where I am
I have instant access to a world
of countries near, far and wide
While so much of the world
immediately gets their visas denied
Even the process to apply
is too impossible to try
My different colored passport
is like a 5star resort
The magic power of a piece of paper
Makes travel much cheaper, easier, and safer
I live in a world
Full of Visa-on-arrival or no Visa needed options:
No proof of anything is needed:
No bookings, no return flight, no hotel reservations, no bank statements, no interviews, no insurance, no invitation letters, no visa application fee, no itinerary, no plans no problems
All I have to do is not miss my flight.
Because when my passport is red, white,
and blue It doesn’t matter who
I am, what I’ve done, or what I want to do
Even if I have a hypocritical point of view
My passport gets stamped right through
without any stressing or second guessing
There’s no question this is a privileged blessing
The model for how we live
It’s all documented
My words are worth more than yours
because my passport is
Let’s face it the world is racist
and xenophobic in so many places
Our passportphobia
Means we will never have a utopia
The reality is that we can never be free
when people are treated so differently
I don’t agree with this lack of reciprocity
It isn’t fine
That I can stay in your country
but you can’t come to mine
for any amount of time
this unfair design
is one of the world’s unspoken crimes
If truth be told, I’m ashamed
For most of my life I used to complain
When I had to fill out forms and write my name
You see I didn’t even realize the degree of this luxury
I was ignorant and didn’t have a clue
what my different colored passport entitled me to
If I’m candid
I completely took this life advantage for granted
But now it’s time to acknowledge
The privilege of how I’m able to live
and become a bridge that gives
Other people an enhanced chance
To change their traveling circumstance
The question I’m left with
Is how do I use this born gift?
To answer people’s wish
And help them become tourists?