Vindicate

VINDICATE

-verb (trans.)

1. to clear from guilt, accusation, blame, etc., as by evidence or argument

2. to provide justification for 

3. to uphold, maintain, or defend (a cause, etc.)

4. (Roman law) to bring an action to regain possession of (property) under claim of legal title

5. (rare) to claim, as for oneself or another

6. (obsolete) to take revenge on or for; punish

7. (obsolete) to set free

In such vivid disarray

I was held captive

Hues and folds vindicate me

Sheets tattooed on my cheek