"PAINT ME To WHO I AM, NOT WHO YOU WANT ME TO"☀️
PAINT ME IN DEEP RED COLOURS OF LOVE;
SO THAT I MAY HIDE THE RED RASHES OF DOMINANCE THAT YOU COLOURED,
PAINT ME BLUE; LIKE THE NEW SKY OF EVERY MORNING I MISSED,
PAINT ME WITH THE SOIL, TO RECONNECT MY SELF TO MY SOUL,
PAINT ME GREEN, TO ROOT MY SELF LIKE A GRASS,
PAINT ME PINK, TO RELIVE THE SWEET EMOTIONS I MISSED,
PAINT ME WITH A SUN RAYS, TO PEEL MY SKIN AND SHATTER MY OLD RUSTY PEAL,
PAINT WITH BLACK, TO KNOW HOW MY DARKNESS OVERPOWERED ME,
PAINT ME WHITE, FOR THE PEACE I HAVE BEEN LIVING A LONG LIKE A DEAD,
PAINT ME IN THE CHECKS OF BLACK AND WHITE,
I’LL STILL BE THE SAME AND FIGHT,
PAINT ME, WITH MY NATURAL LIBERTY,
TO SHATTER THE OLD CAGES OF GIVEN LIBERTY,
PAINT ME WITH ANY COLOUR YOU HAVE, BUT DON’T EXPECT THE PAINTING YOU WANT,
LET ME EXPRESS THE GLOW OF EVERY COLOUR ON MY SOUL TO KNOW WHO I AM.
~Published in the International feminist magazine ☀️🕉️☀️
©Tanukapoor