Gray

Hello

I’m gray

I reside

in the space between

all of the colors

and none

precisely

in the middle

for a long time

I wished I was bright

like my breathtaking friends

I wished I shined

with splendor

like the festival of color

I see gracing

the Universe

in a cerebral spectacle

of incredible beauty

I tried

dying my gray

with wine

to be a ravishing red

and painting myself

a peachy orange

I’ve tried sunshine-y

yellow stains

and green gouache

I’ve tried brushing

blue bleach

over every inch

of my bleak body

but none of it worked

not even the

indigo inks

or the

purple pigments

that I pressed into

my pallid complexion

but

one day

I realized

I don’t need to be

prismatic

or have the vibrancy

of a sunrise

because my colors

don’t define my beauty

they aren’t

the only thing

about me

I’m a wonder

of this world

no matter

what shades

are splattered

over my being

I’ve freed myself

from the need

to be like others

I’m me

the median

and I’m magnificent

exactly the way I am