My one half is joyous it's clear and light,
My other is dark and likes the cold night.
Hide under a veil or face the hot sun,
Strangers ask me "what have you done?"
It's red, it's dark, it's bright, it's there,
I wish I could hide it with my golden hair.
You think it's a scar, a bruise, a burn.
Why won't people never ever learn?
They stare, they point, they laugh, they heckle.
Can't they see, it's only a freckle?
A spot that's known by a number of names.
Like "birthmark" or even an old "port-wine-stain".
Don't say "What the f*ck" or "nasty, what's that?"
It makes me feel as small as a gnat.
So please be polite, when you ask me why
I have these brown spots just below my eye.
I'll explain it, straight out, that'll be the end
Then we can move on and become best of friends.
Christopher
8th March 2014