Sand and Light

[VERSE 1]
Thirty years in a room built from stone and cold and other people's decisions  
I dress every morning in the colors of a place I have not touched since I was five  
Deep gold, dust red, the shade of sand at the exact hour the sun commits to setting  
This is not defiance. This is accuracy. This is the only home I am allowed to wear.  
[VERSE 2]
I remember heat that settles into skin instead of fighting it  
I remember light with substance in it, thick and gold, nothing like this thin grey version