I am

the fucking rainbow my spectrum no more special than

any other other than those who succumb to a

life which is not BLACK or WHITE I am RED LIKE

A BEATING HEART I carry with me my life and

anger anger for a system which sustains but never

nourishes me beyond tired tired of the injustice I

face for just being me in need of the healing glow of

an ORANGE SUN YELLOW I bloom like a daffodil

my beauty falls away each year hoping to grow again

for my roots are deep and my stem is strong unless

cut a knife drawn through my FRESHEST GREEN this

kind of like an unseen God a presence I must believe

is there any need for deities to live a life of peace

and HARMONIOUS BLUE a regal shade in waiting for

my kingdom an heir in waiting for a crown that will never

be worn until my spirit is bathed in the VIOLET LIGHT of

Heaven or Hell Hell which is a construct of faith and fear

fear we for our lives as did our ancestors before us we

cower in our closets until we are removed like

an impractical cost A PINK STAR OR STRIPE defines

our sexuality repressed repressed until we torture

ourselves as effectively as they ever could have done

done more for society than they will ever know like

Turing, Ginsburg, Johnson, Monette, Lister, Owen and I

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