My Coral Blaze

My beginnings were shadowed in the obsidian ink

Of their night

Days a frosty arctic chill surrounded by

Snows so white

With grizzled grey intentions my strength

They sought to smite

Realized the bête noire that none would invite

Had become a slow withering blight

I packed up the rainbow within

That God had gifted and

Known to wrap up tight

Stole away in a charcoal darkness

Knowing it was finally time

To take flight

I wandered on marshmallow roads

Mesmerized by all the sounds and sights

Sought the scent of shared honey-drenched mornings

Hoping it would feel right

In the strength of cinnamon-sweet arms

A myriad of tender moments that promised to do no harm

Despite the distracting delights and beauteous charms

I never calmed my restless heart

In those dazed and silly youthful days, I learned

All too quickly that my bubble gum hued hopes

Would be the first thing society would strike

The nature of its expectations, cruel indifference, and

Increasing demands could not be denied

Insistent that the anguish of distress and maladies

Be pushed out of sight, out of mind

I became interactive cream in an impatient and

Uptight monochromatic world

Did my best to blend, play the part, be polite

Pushing my wrongs down to meet their twisted right

In a perpetual state of distress, anguish, and alarm

I held on with all my precious might

Pushing through the maze of harm

Needing respite from the disappointments and quiet suffering

Life saw fit to send spritely golden souls to help me

Reunite within what I had sought without

I learned and chose to grow, vowing never again

To dim the coral blaze of my light

Fortified by my resilience

A truth that could never be denied

Unique in its abundance, helping me to stand upright

Like a phoenix born from crimson fire turned to ashes

Again, and again, I rise and burn bright

Vowing never again to dim the coral blaze of my light.