The Eyes of Color

There once was a girl with purple eyes.

All the kids crack, act, and smirk about it.

She became a legend,

but it was true

as the girl was just one of you.

Black, gray, blue and white,

she couldn’t find a purple eye in sight.

She tried contacts, masks and glasses,

but she still couldn’t stand it.

So she changed clothing, hair,

and even bleached her skin,

but she still could not fit in.

She heard people say

she’s beautiful,

but all she saw was ugly.

Skinny to the bone,

she battled abuse

and lost her parents.

One day her head

was hanging on a rope.

Her eyes just stared to say

why was I born this way?

By Zion