Monochromatic Shades

I’m littered with secrets that are low-key lies

I was forced into a disguise

Had to move in ways that fooled the black and wise

Things I cannot tell my pops

Because I’m afraid I'll get choked and beaten to my demise

So I hide my colors

I hide my pride

Knowing just a little I died

I hide it from the world

Cursed to question if they know my T

And if they'll hire me

Better yet will they fire me if I'm found out

What excuse will they spout

What color is my mosaic life plot out

To live in spectrums that others could never see

While simultaneously seeing all the hues, tints, and shades and every mixture in every degree

While I remain the invisible Majesty

My ultraviolet silk vibe may be Beyond your gaze

Not everyone can reverberate the same waves

Staring at the monochromatic ways

Of the people who don't understand my spectrum

Thinking

"Loves gonna get me killed,

But my (pride’s) gonna be the death of you and me and you"

Not because of some invisible force we cannot comprehend

But the unseen colors we condemn