will you still love me?

what if i hug you
and my hands are dirty
and my arms are wounds
will you hug me too?

what if i do not belong to
your class? if i were just
an alien, without a face,
not speaking your language,
no trace, no planet of my
own, will you still
have me?

you have learned to love
black, and yellow and
red and brown, years have
taught you, to love

what if i do not have any
color at all? what if i were
nothing but an idea? what if
i am unknown? and you
are confused, and you
lose reason?

will you still love me?