I am

I am a combination of colors

Of red white blue

Of red yellow green

Of rainbows with different shades of purples

Of grays when the storms come by

I am more than just one box or country

My roots expand the universe

Grounding me in solid faith

I am more than my depression

Sadness has tinged patterns in my life

But it has not taken it away

Bruises and cuts have decorated my path

But not determined it

I am more than one love

My heart has no boundaries 

And though it knows hate,

It grows with compassion 

I am more than black or white

I am brown and everything in between

Beautifully sun-kissed and brave 

With ancestors fiercely dancing onward

Now make me more than I could have been

I am a combination of colors 

I am different patterns of rainstorms

I am all kinds of sounds forming a melody

The kind you will only find once.