To see me as
The world has
Painted me upon a wall
To quick to say
This is how
The world hears me
And the words I speak
Too quick to taste
The bitterness
The world has carved me into:
Eat what you have made me
Paint me
Judge me
Say what you will say
And taste the bitterness
Burning upon your tongue.
Put me into a corner
That is the furtherest away
And watch me rebel
Taking you with me
Reaching out
I will pull down the wall
The world
Has placed around me
I will blaze
And bring this world
To its collective knees:
Watch me as I rage
Paint me
Judge me
Say what you will say
And taste the bitterness
Burning upon your tongue
Let me be
And watch with awe
As I take what you see
And turn it upside down
Don’t paint me
Into what you
Want me to be
I am me, not you
I can be many things
But I will only be
What I want:
What I paint myself to be
Paint me
Judge me
Say what you will say
And taste the sweetness
Of rebellion and delight.
Paint Me by Allison Brown is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 Australia License. Based on a work at allisonbrown.blogspot.com.
