Shades of Grey

Shades of Gray



A poem by Shimitsu Kaoru (Marcus Phillips)



Mine Vision bestowed with black and white,

Mine Heart indulged in thus cruel world’s stage.

Eyes unseeing judge twixt wrong and right,

Soul thus imbued polarities rage.



Thine eyes do see thus how twisted formed

That ‘Truth’ wherein no exception hides,

Share not the furies mankind has worn....

See truth with thine blessed inward eyes.



This, thy stage, unjustly given life

Thy soul weighed with rules and thus condemned.

Taught proudly yin and yang’s bitter strife...

Never name thy passion thus a friend.



A world whence monotony didst thrive

Did bare you proudly up with open arms.

Shun the views of healthy, proper lives...

And then embrace the truth’s blessed charms.



This sphere doth not run on left or right

Nor are there lines which cut thine soul in two.

Good and Evil vary in degrees,

Single sin does not to hell accrue.



Tis’ not black ink writ on ghostly page

Tis’ grande plethora of unique days.

Recall thy world’s damned imbued rage,

For your life is marked in Shades of Gray.