Statue Of Liberty

the statue of liberty, it's either black or white depends on who you are. it turned quite black years ago but refurbished to look brand new, of course the last thing it should do is turn black. the hackneyed mushy writings about the relief our ancestors heaved while reaching america's shores upon seeing this statue is a white lie. the only thing if at all, the liberty statue has come to anything is that it is still trying hard to stand up for what it is - to stand tall in the darkest hours and the broadest daylight. its torch is marble and never really meant to illuminate right from wrong. it wept silent tears over the mockeries heaped upon him, that it was the first to greet rusty chains, shackles, corpses... and skin-covered starved and all human indignities day in and day out when it was installed. amid these, the white angels to the new land claimed for freedom laughed and perpetrated similar injustices that fuelled their flight. america's freedom has always lay in the hearts of sincere americans - black or white. our statue needs a real torch and flame to brighten up those corners of our hearts that we have kept dark.