Black & White

You watch TV in color

Black & white is outdated

Why even bother?

But then you ask me

If I am gay or straight

What a black and white question

For such a colorful world

Sometimes I forget

You dream in Black and White

I dream in color

I can’t be defined by a check mark

Labeled for your convenience

I am everything

I am nothing

I am just me

This is 2021

We’ve got 3D movies

We have our second black family in the White House

350 languages are spoken in the US

Even the English language changes

As you travel across the country

A virtual rainbow of words

Yet even in this dynamic era

You dream in Black and White

I dream in color

I can’t be defined by a check mark

Labeled for your convenience

I am everything

I am nothing

I am just me

When you start to consider

Shades of gray

You think butch versus femme

Drag queen versus bear

But what about me

Playing with power tools in my tiara

Gray still doesn’t cover me

In your world I am unlabelable

You dream in Black and White

I dream in color

I can’t be defined by a check mark

Labeled for your convenience

I am everything

I am nothing

I am just me