Modernity

the fire is from within

the cold is from without

any other notion creates a state of doubt

and doubt is what there is

as people scream and shout

is grey the only thing this world can be about

this place i do not like

i want to cast it out

i want to shriek my rage and fire my words all about

i want this world to know

it feeds my inner rage

it pins me down and stifles me and leaves me in a cage

i cannot live this way

i cannot thrive in grey

i will not wear the knives they've dealt and sleep in grey dismay

my bed i toss and turn

i want it all to burn

and light the night with black and white and make the judge adjourn

in blight i live today

a state of mass decay

none now know none now see they've cast it all in grey