speak, they say
let the words peer out
let your ideas shine
but if i am the golden sun
they are the blackout curtains
i cannot see past them
the world can no longer see me
i try to push through
to find another way around
and let them feel my warmth
let them know i am more than the cold blackness that they see
show them all that i can shine
show that i am not dull and distant as they know me
but i have been blocked out
censored
by those who do not wish to see
do not wish me to be who i am
do not wish to feel
what i could make glow
what i could make grow
they take it all and lock it up
throw the key away
and they will never tell me why
but i know that i will burn them down someday
i refuse to be extinguished