Poet Grace OnTheMic put out a video on Thursday that has been circulating on social media. The visual poem entitled “William” explores her attraction to a white man she has never truly met before, but as her feelings in that short time grow for him so does the thoughts of her never being able to truly love him because of their racial differences.

Her words truly encompass the thoughts that many people of color may experience when playing with the idea of interracial dating. Some go for it and find love everlasting, but other shy away from it for the multi-layered reasons Grace expresses above.

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