Everything today is looking so damn dull grey
The black and the white no longer in the fray
The green and the red fallen by the way
The blue and the yellow no longer so mellow
The light and the dark battled and battled
Eternity’s end brought victory to the dark
Dark ate light and the world turned grey
Lush green jungles our earth did adorn
Every single moment new life was born
Now stand proudly shooting to the heavens
On old green ruins, grey cement jungles
Lovely red the roses, deep red the blood in our viens
Deep seated passions for love or for war
The red fire burnt out leaving just grey ashes
The men in grey suits now call all the shots
Bright yellow sun smiled out of the blue sky
Through the open window on a lazy day
But the grey cloud has hidden both sun and sky
Only grey windows pop up on the grey lap top
No blue, no green, no red, no yellow,
No black nor white but grey, grey, grey
Grey steel, grey cement, grey suits,
Grey offices, Grey screens, Grey windows,
Grey ash, grey smoke, Grey clouds
It is all just one damn dull grey world.
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The black and the white no longer in the fray
The green and the red fallen by the way
The blue and the yellow no longer so mellow
The light and the dark battled and battled
Eternity’s end brought victory to the dark
Dark ate light and the world turned grey
Lush green jungles our earth did adorn
Every single moment new life was born
Now stand proudly shooting to the heavens
On old green ruins, grey cement jungles
Lovely red the roses, deep red the blood in our viens
Deep seated passions for love or for war
The red fire burnt out leaving just grey ashes
The men in grey suits now call all the shots
Bright yellow sun smiled out of the blue sky
Through the open window on a lazy day
But the grey cloud has hidden both sun and sky
Only grey windows pop up on the grey lap top
No blue, no green, no red, no yellow,
No black nor white but grey, grey, grey
Grey steel, grey cement, grey suits,
Grey offices, Grey screens, Grey windows,
Grey ash, grey smoke, Grey clouds
It is all just one damn dull grey world.
Posted for Jingle poetry for poetry potluck theme: environment, evolution and survival
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Wow, this almost made me hate Grey. But I quite like some of the shades of Grey irl... Great poem!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful choice of words, wonderfully expressed!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Krissa and Arti. Somehow people keep talking of things not being black and white but grey all the time. And grey seems to be the color of professionalism, of the corporate world. So I singled out grey to express my ire againt the modern world.
ReplyDeleteGrey sums it up I would say! Good but sad poem!
ReplyDeleteNice build up throughout your poem, and the ending is very strong. Well written!
ReplyDeleteHere from Poetry Potluck.
http://jessicasjapes.wordpress.com/2011/04/11/evolution-in-a-nutshell/
Thanks, pandamoniumcat and jessicasjapes.
ReplyDeleteanother view on earth.
ReplyDeletewell done.
A++
Thanks Jingle. I am curious what is the A++ you post at the end of your comments.
ReplyDeleteI loved this!
ReplyDeleteI have never liked the color myself ever- technically, it's not a color..
Well, you described it very vividly. The psychology that i have carried in my mind; you have written it down so well..
Many more Hugs xox
Thanks a lot, Olivia. Good to see someone else who is not too fond of grey.
ReplyDeletebeautiful..!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Raghu.
ReplyDeletenice bit of social commentary...i will say i fit the gray only as much as it represents alternatives to the black and the white...corporate, i escaped that long ago and never want to go back...
ReplyDeleteha! from greenery to gray hey! lol. I think this piece was an interesting and from a sad and depressive perspective lol. However from lucifer's house, grey is so close to dark thus should be a beautiful thing to be appreciated :p lol
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed the laugh.
http://lynnaima.wordpress.com/2011/04/12/in-search-of-jasmine/
Dull days, grey times, endless suffering..it would all be in vain but for love. Well written.
ReplyDeleteThank you. Gay
Thanks, Brian, Good for you. I am still caught in the corporate whirlpool and need to keep hearing about being able to work in the grey area from bosses in grey suits.
ReplyDeleteThanks,lynamia and Beachanny.
Well,lynnaima. I had earlier written a poem from the war spirit's perspective enjoying the death and destruction caused by war. But this poem was from my own perspective which was depressing.
True, Beachanny.
Ah, all the colours to confound our dreams. Thank heaven all hues are grey in the dark. For colours to truly live the mind requires light.
ReplyDeleteLoved this. James.
Liked your comment, James. Deeper than my poem.
ReplyDeleteinteresting indeed how colours define not just the forms but also our perceptions towards the world. I for example purposely didnt use the 'grey' shade in my poem as it was all about the vibrant life and joys and u have beautifully represented a grim face of the earth by the use of grey. wonderfully written..thnks so much for sharing :)
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Thanks a lot, Sarah.
ReplyDeleteAwards for you, thanks for the support!
ReplyDeleteBless your talent.
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ReplyDeletea very nice..thoughtful...vivid...imaginative piece...
great work..
P.S.: though i like the color but not when it pushes me into depression.. :)
Thanks a lot, Swati, I have always found grey depressing. Thats why I wrote this.
ReplyDeleteI like the choice of 'grey' over 'gray.' Somehow, Grey seems more melancholy and Gothic.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Stan. Was not intentional, though.
ReplyDeleteCongratulation! A very thought provoking poem. The imagery of grey permeates the entire poem giving it the feeling of all colors gone. Lovely
ReplyDeletehttp://rimlybezbaruah.blogspot.com/2011/04/one-of-those-days.html
Thanks, Rimly.
ReplyDeleteThe colors invoked a lot of difference in thoughts...I love the world filled with colors only and thinking of grey ..oh ! I'm happy to be born after every digital products (TV/Photo/rest)had been colorized.
ReplyDeleteYou got the essence of my poem, Uma. You are lucky to have always lived in a color world. I have seen grey Windows OS.
ReplyDeleteThis poem shows your creativity, esp in the way you have used colors to depict the real world. Your anger sounds so very relatable with the use of 'grey'. Keep writing! :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Vaishali.
DeleteTitle it '50 Shades of Grey' and put it up on Amazon.....
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