After the Rainbow
Submission for "After The Parade" prompt
Festivals of colors
Joy celebrates
Uniqueness
In Rainbow
Colors
Sizes
Shapes
Hoards join
Togetherness
Supportiveness
Of collective
Each piece
Uniquely
Needed
Until
Dispersal
Reintegration
Society still
Stubborn
Slow to
Embrace
Distinctive
Qualifications
Beyond visible
Quantifiable
Advantages
Choosing
Instead
Deliberate
Ignorance &
Unawareness
Homogenizing
Demanding
Palatable
Sameness
Preferring
Conformity
Rather than
Discomfort
Laden in
Awareness
Of distinctive
Characteristics
Personalities
Excavating
The self
To sooth
Remaining
Everyone else
Is this sameness
Really what
Society
Wants
For
IT
Is not
For me
I love my
Unique self
Invariably
Always
Will
For
I
Am
Here
& now
To be
ME
Freely
Whole
Self
I
~Treasa Cailleach
About the Creator
Treasa Cailleach
I'm a massage therapist; musician, artist, pagan, mom, B of LGBTQ, & polyamorous professional. I started my own blog 7 years ago, and it has been my outlet for high, lows and everything in between. Find it at myhandsaregod.net
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