One man's philosophy

BY CHANCE OF BIRTH

I was born here, my skin is dark,
had it been there, where skins are
light, perhaps I'd be white.

God planted me in Catholic country;
could have been in Mormon valley,
or some anti-Christain pathway.

I speak Spanish(English,Chinese...)
language too by circumstance.
Did I select it in advance?

Was it my choice to be this sex, this
time, progressing in God's plan?
Or, by His direction, I'm a man?

By chance of birth,our earthly body,
and scene pre-set. But judgment true
-- not what we are, but what we do.