Friction

Scorned! Tag Me Label Me With Derision, treat me Liken me to a wet disgust The scrawny dog dragged from the gutter depths. Still I Shine. I am Ablaze. Adorned with fiery darts of pearly strings. I am choosing to ignore the peculiarities Of my confinement. Shackling off identities of cultural definition Put me to bed with pasquinade. Cloth me with double portions of traduce and slander. Give me vilipends for a pillow Carefully tuck me in with slur and trash Dim the **** of my bedside lamp. Watch me flutter my eyelid in restful slumber. Hear me snore in gratitude. Be sure of one thing- My Outshining When I Rise. This is the dawn of a new era I am an alien to Your presumed assumptions I laugh confidently through my gap-teeth and smiles fill my dimpled cheeks.