Who am I This flesh and bone cage Proving a hindrance A canvas for the paint Of scorn and judgment A creation of a persecution Deserved by none; Who I am buried Beneath brush strokes Colors that mean nothing When looked at with a blind eye; My canvas is one of love An identity and struggle One that smudges Strays from between the lines Of what is accepted; But on my lifeβs canvas Who I am is who I am One that I do not even know at times; Each stroke of the brush Is a different moment; My life in color Vivid, all mine