I am here today
To erase my color
My identity
My fear
I’m here today
To burn it down
No genotype no phenotype
No stereotype
Just my naked core.
Hey can you turn UP-
the heat some more
To
Scorch my skin
To meat and bones
To
Strip me until I’m
defined no more
Raw meat
Melting in the fire
Searing pain
Catharsis of the soul
Hey can you turn UP-
the heat some more
As my mind fries
Thoughts bubble up
Erasing the bias
Trapped inside
Hey can you turn UP-
the heat some more
As my Mind explodes
Like a volcano
Fate crumbles
Lit on fire
a word here and a word there
Escapes the inferno
Rewriting a destiny
Etched in agony
Hey can you turn UP-
the heat some more
The timid embers
Explode into flames
comfort cracks
blisters ooze
The parched soul
Breaks at every fold
Hey can you turn UP-
the heat some more
As the layers melt
Feelings overwhelm
Shock..
Anger…
Searing pain…
I stand naked
Heart…
Mind…
And soul
Turning numb
I press reset
To recaliberate
The disproportionate
Hope
gathers dust
Of grief
left untold
Regrets
unfold
Soul
bared
To the core
Smoke fills the lungs
Every breath
A death knoll
Hey Can you turn UP-
the heat some more
I stand
Raw and bleeding
Dripping Flesh and
Crumbled bones
rotting in purgatory
Unsung and unknown
The marching band
Of forgotten souls
Hey can you turn DOWN- the heat some more
Too late I realize
I am a nobody
An amorphous undefined
Black hole .. (oh, the irony )
With no color in me no more.