Shades of Grey

SHADES OF GREY

Life has taken on shades of grey and blue
For without you even colour has lost its lovely hue
What is so easy to take for granted
Till it’s gone, we don’t know how much it’s wanted.

Before spring could get into its full bloom
Autumn has taken its place too soon
Winter too will soon impose
Trees its branches bare to expose

The trees will soon stand as silhouette
Against the ashen sky the scene is set
Much as they try, they cannot show
The vibrance of spring, with all its colours in tow

The soul now emptied of a love so dear
Shows a barrenness because you’re no longer near
The contented spirit that once was here
Now caught in a storm tossed sea we fear

Gone the colour of love in red
A deep purple now rules instead
Purple is for courage they'd often say
But red is what I'd still choose if I may

The flicker of a candle glowing at dusk
Its flames to keep alight it surely must
The room stays alive with its colours bright
Such is the effect of that small light

Gone now that flicker, why, O why?
The room now looks like the evening sky.
Devoid of warmth, it soon gets cold
The approaching night, its scenes to unfold

O when will colours ever again we see?
When the Dawn comes, just maybe
Till then I guess, we must persevere
Waiting for it you will see me here.