I see many colors in my world, millions of shades between each one

Yet, you want me to divide, separate and categorize all that I see

To choose a single color while all the others I am to simply shun

How can I ignore all the shades there are, each different by a degree

They give this earthly painting its beauty, a treasure for our eyes

I refuse to accept your singular sight; I reject your twisted view

Of the world painted with bold, single strokes of colored lies

I have seen the colors and all their shades; I know it to be true

That the world is better balanced in its shades of harmony

Then if we tried to paint her in single colors like red or green or blue

My life is a blend of shades from everything in this world I see

All the colors of my living, all the shades from joy to pain

Are splashed upon this canvas that stretches through the years

Why would I try to separate them, what could I possibly gain?

I will not stop the colors from flowing freely over your fears

For I do not share your prejudice, your blindness or your hate

I will not join your crusade to paint the universe simply black or white

You will not suck the color from my vision; change the color of my fate

 Even if you close my eyes all the shades of darkness will be in my sight.