gay and brown
and black and blue all over
sapphire eyes to blue niles pouring down
ruby lips to scarlet blood spilling over
gay and brown
and black and blue all over
I am scared
and I am sad
I am gay and brown
and black and blue all over
and I am angry
angry that my brown has been the foundation for hatred
angry that my blood that yearns for women makes me a sin
i am so, incredibly, angry
yet i am so incredibly sad
gay and brown
and black and blue all over
the red white and blue
the colors of a nation that turns its back to its people of color
its turned its back to me
but I will not turn my back to it
because I am gay and brown
and black and blue all over
and I belong here.