Paint my skin
The color of fear
Until my eyes
Don't recognize
What I was made
But not wanting
To be
Repaint my heart
The color of shame
Hide it
And disguise it
With insecurities
And worry
That death will find you
Without warning
And make you
The next trending hashtag
Color my past
And color my childhood
Black
Broken
I want to forget
To move on
But some words
Make forgetting
Like trying to ignore a black spot
On white paper
I always feel like
I should say more
But I say less
My voice
Trying to conjure a conversation
With meaning
that will then be translated
To meaningless
It just causes stress
They could care less
So
Paint me
Black and white
Paint me invisible
So me isn't me anymore
Then they will see me
Paint over
My heart
Over who I am
Until I am not who I am
Paint me
Black and white
