Life in Color

Boom-boom Boom-Boom, a heartbeat sounds

Booboom-Booboom, another heartbeat is found

One is planned, another is a surprise

From this moment, two lives forever intertwined

From the absence of color, in the dark

On a journey filled with light we now embark

Born a twin, we shared a womb

Into mirror reflections we have bloomed

Identical twins are like two peas in a pod

Yet different paths we have always trod

To be unique is to be one of a kind

To have your own spirit and your own mind

The color of my eyes is all mine

For beauty is in the eyes of the beholder

The color and nature of my hair is fine

As it grows and shows that I’m getting older

My skin started off as a blank canvas

For all of life’s first and second chances

The scars of trauma have taken shape

​​​Giving the opportunity to make a change

Where there was once struggle, with grief and pain

Now lie tattoos on this more durable terrain

I may not be a perfect vision

But this is the skin in which I am living

I have learned to accept and to not judge

Rather to honor and respect with love

For this is my life and no other

I choose to live my life in color