LIFE IN SHADES

By The Urban Poet

Shades of grey describe the times

When explanations are in short supply

No answer can be found at once

so things hang in the distant beyond

 

Nearer to home there's shades of green

where rhyme and reason can be seen,

feelings of safety and security

in rooms that don't present

as doom and gloom

They don't present as doom and gloom

we're safe and secure in our private rooms

 

Times we dread are in shades of red

where dreams and nightmares fill the bed

So much that solace can't be found

in sleep or rest as fear abounds

 

In shades of blue and brown and gold

Are feelings good and strong and bold

I guess now that I'm growing old

         that colours fade or so I'm told

 

The colours fade now so I'm told

A sign that I am growing old

 

But life in shades make sense to me

because what you get is what you see!

From ‘Poetry Gold’ by ‘Rick’ Varden