Tainted
A color that's different; I call it unique.
Some restless nights pondering over the "why's"
A futile questionnaire towards imperfections.
To blend in was her feeble try.
This world described as a blank reflection,
But only how bright, we are taught.
Devoid of tainted prints
Like herself, she had thought;
Possessing a color too different.
Many a division,
Her kind named as the "other"
A worthless position,
But many just like her.
Palettes with different colors could not mix clean;
It's just the way it worked.
A fact to be deemed.
Another restless night, now pondering with her lord;
In hopes to have her wish for change, be rest assured.
He only listens and guides her to the vanity mirror,
Sadly watching each eye drain out a tear.
Such assumptive flaws,
Not one but none.
Nut-brown eyes with skin tame in the sun.
Life produces varying packages with a difference;
Painting the world with the brush of existence.
How unique must it be, all well defined?
The kind of colored beauty only she confined.
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Kalina Xiong
When you engulf yourself enough in other people's worlds, you eventually fantasize about your own.
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