IAm Abstract

I am...abstract

Abstract art let's say

I am...many things

Not always clear to most but they do not fit in any box

While you may see..a mess of shapes,

I see...my foundation

My roots

My African heritage

I see the stories passed down in my family

You hear.. chaos

I hear...the music of my ancestors

Bouncing around in my head as I move my body to the beat

Hear their lessons and teachings

Their words of wisdom that have soaked into my very being

You see...untamed splatters of color

I see...the melanin of my skin

The coils of my hair

The depth of my dark eyes

See me outshine the rainbow that will always be behind me

You say it's mishmash, irrelevant

I say it's me

I say it's undeniably and irrevocably me

Important being belief

It is my shape and form

It is my hardships and wins

It is where I come from

It is my personality

It is my many different shades

My dreams

It is who I aspire to be in a very near future

What it isn't... is black and white

I will not allow you to take the colors that make me and categorize them

I will not allow you to define them as either one thing or another because they are neither

My colors are what I make them to be

What I want them to be

If they are straight, it is because I wish them so

If they are curvy, it is because I wish them so

If they are dark, it is because I wish them so

And

If they are light, it also is because I wish them so

I am and always will be the abstract art that seems like one thing, but is something else entirely

I am and always will be the abstract art that keeps you on your toes

I am freedom

My colors flow and change and turn,

But they do not stop