Endless colors made of starlight,
that is what we are.
Wavelengths dancing in the spectrum:
faintly soft, or sharp and bright.
..
The world screams we are not the same,
estranged in category or class.
Rays -dispersed and refracted-
when we were born to shine as one.
…
Yet, life is not a single tone.
Souls were meant to tread the lines,
combining tints and hues, and radiance.
Harmonious in our finite time.
…
Me? I glow dandelion yellow,
then a pensive sapphire blue.
True orange, as my fire burns
and sometimes all at once, like you.
…
Tuesdays you are scarlet red,
other times sweet, citrus green.
I adore your every shade.
Your freedom means the world to me.
…
So, I ignore the angry voices,
telling me to hate your ‘side’.
And, though I fit ‘the golden standard’,
a candid rhyme plays in my mind:
…
“Pink or black, your hair is precious
Light or dark, your skin is life.
Boy or girl? Our hearts beat equal.
Love runs deep within each one.
…
Souls deserve to paint their journey,
free their voice to sing their song.
Reflected always by each other,
foggy mirrors ‘till we learn.”
…
Colors are but an illusion.
Beams, bended by things crystalline.
We project on any surface,
prismatic beauty for the sight.
…
Earthly beings, we are refracted
until the day we merge as one.
I hope to meet you in a future
where love is love, and light is light.
-
Poetry is not my usual writing style, but these words were pressing inside my mind (and my heart). It's so important to remember: in this world, we are all a part of a whole, one and the same in the end. This poem is my way of expressing that.
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Love, Marina
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Marina Fortuño
I'm a work in progress! I love writing for fun (mainly short stories, informative bits and heartfelt pieces to make people happy).
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