With skin so black, Rosaleen could not be accepted.
With laws so unfair Africans Americans could not be protected.

Yet in a society so concerned about appearance,
It didn't get in the way of Lily's perseverance.

Lily met the Boatrights and found that the community
Was similar to that of the "secret life of bees".

The beehive, the queen, the worker, the drone.
Each work together, yet have a role of their own.

Secret Life of Bees Poem
Stanza 2