Pillow Talk

I have been

Searching

And searching

For any sign

Even a glance

Of how

How a voice could

Sound white

Is there even such a thing

I want to understand

For I have

Been

Accused

Of being

All white

And sounding white

But how

How is that right

You and I

Are the same

We might

Differ slightly

In pigment

Or even

Facial features

But who cares

We are the same

You and I

We

Are uniquely made

No

Single

Person is

Made the same

Why

Must we continue to

Point fingers

Quick to judge

And exclude

Are you not

Tired

Weary of

Being bias

Judge mental

I am

Exhausted

From searching

How a voice can determine

Someone’s

Ethnicity

I am tired of being pricked

And pried

For being

Biracial

You and I

Are the same

And

We both deserve

To be accepted

And respected

We are

All uniquely made

Cherish that

This piece is questing how a voice determines someone’s ethnicity. Pillow Talk is a new piece by Roebuck, that takes phrases from 3 poems that she wrote and her DNA results and have been embroidered onto a stack of pillows. Through this piece Roebuck is exploring how a voice cannot determine someone’s whiteness or blackness. More specifically, this piece is encouraging the viewer to see all for who they are, that we are uniquely made, and urges others to step away from judging each other based solely on the sound of how voice.