Colors of Acceptance

Staring in the mirror

My reflection gazing back

I see me in bold colors

Reds and oranges of untainted power

Indigos that shock and excite the senses

Overloading the brain

with every enticing hue

Until I'm conscious only of my being

Acknowledging all the love

So rich and pure and dominant

And my granny says my soul

is kente patterned

Comprised of all the rays of the sun

Colors speaking loud and confident

Like the drums found in all the places

they make me want to go

Traveling for no other purpose

but to discover traces of my footprints

across lands of mahogany still striving

to mimic the skin I wear so well

Reflecting every shade of promise

That accentuat all the flows of yearning

I can see me

In potent tones of brilliance

Of aesthetic affluence

Of grace

And awe

And coolness

Every color of potential

Tints of the wisdom that's shaped me in truth

The omnipresent colors

of abstract belonging

I see me

Everywhere!

Boldly