Pulsating light, 
an eye batting, 
changing colour with each blink
purple heart in a red and yellow iris, 
red in purple and yellow, 
various shades of green in yellow, 
yellow folding into a circle of red and purple, 
and so on and on… 
Each flash a different meaning, 
all telling me to carry my heart on high, 
open and proud, 
I am me, 
and at that, 
you won’t beat me. 
Bring in all your war drums for all I care. 
No match for the cosmic family 
standing behind me, 
lions and dragons, 
kings and queens, 
here we are, here I am, 
roaring, rising, 
breathing fire. 
©steve sniukas