Beige is a medley of brown and white.
When the hues meld together, it takes on its own identity.
It’s been told it’s too privileged for brown and too primitive for white, yet
this fusion of paints craves a home on their palette with its entire entity.
When the hues meld together, it takes on its own identity.
As time blends by, still without a place on their palette, Beige begins to crack and dry.
This fusion of paints craves a home on their palette with its entire entity. Although it
knows it shouldn’t wish to belong, the alluring ambiance of their palette is hard to deny.
As time blends by, still without a place on their palette, Beige begins to crack and dry.
However, the artist did not intend for his blend to get mixed into the drama of the uncertainty.
It knows it shouldn’t want to belong,but the alluring ambiance of their palette is hard to deny.
The artist gave life to his blend so that it could harmonize on a new palette─among diversity.
The artist did not intend for his blend to get mixed into the drama of the uncertainty.
It’s not too privileged for brown; it’s not too primitive for white.
The artist gave life to his blend so that it could harmonize in the new─among diversity.
I await the day I find a palette that embraces me with all my beige delight.
Klarissa Diaz is an 18-year-old senior at The Kinkaid School in Houston, TX. She joined her school's creative writing class the second semester of her junior year which is when she wrote her pantoum poem "Stuck in the Mix." Klarissa fell in love with poetry and tries to write as often as she can with her busy school schedule. She rejoined creative writing this year in her second semester and is now exploring screenwriting.
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