Tone Yourself Down

I was once told to show my personality through my actions,

Not my presentation

I was once told to quiet my look,

So my soul could be louder

To pull the star-bright gems from my ears and face,

To drain the dye from my rainbow-river hair

I should allow people to see my natural treasures

I’ve obscured with all of that color

I would not leave voids in my skin,

Nor bless my shower floor with a galaxy-colored stream

For my color is not a distraction,

It is a representation

My color is not a blinding sun,

It is a vivid moon

The pink of my cheeks,

A tint of my joy and laughter

The purple of my lips,

A shadow of my depths

The blue of my hair,

A shade of the ocean of my mind

My color does not outshine the emerald orbs set in the sockets of my face,

Or dull the brilliant cut of my diamond smile

For I am the spectrum,

I am Aurora