The Eccentric Ensemble, Explained

I wear rainbows because I have never been told to

nor have I ever been told not to

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I wear rainbows because my gracious homeland

shares one with me nearly every day

I will never tire of exclaiming their miracle

and no matter how far from Hawaii I may be

rainbows will always bring me home

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I wear rainbows because monochromatic schemes bore me

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I wear rainbows because as a panromantic female

having had male partners since adolescence,

I spent too many years unintentionally undercover

playing to a heterosexual world

letting the unspoken assumptions slide

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I wear rainbows because I am tired of being overlooked

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I wear rainbows because sometimes I feel like I have spent

all my twenty-seven years in a downpour

and when depression seems a storm that will rage eternal

I need a reason to hope for sun

please, let there be sun

but to remember

when the sun does come

that it can burn;

only with the right balance of the two

can all those glorious colors emerge

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I wear rainbows because I am too indecisive to pick a favorite color

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I wear rainbows because I am proud to be me

and because I am not yet proud enough

because I am an imposter in my own body

pretending to know who am enough to be proud of it

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I wear rainbows because I shine brightest in them

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I wear rainbows because I am still afraid

but I also believe I can quash animosity

with enough confidence

that if I keep raining down my truth enough

then maybe the light will radiate through

and anger will be silenced by awe

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I wear rainbows because, yes, I am queer,

but I am also so much more