Artistic futility of the week

"Monochrome"

If everything were clear

Would the truth be hard to find?

If there were no shadows in the way

Would we be in such a bind?

The path of light is not so clear

Bent and blocked by clouds and rain

And the vapor hanging in the air

Blurs the eyes and fogs the brain

So I ask too many questions

As I stare off at the sea

Flashing back to when my home

Was what its supposed to be

But were guided by the icons

Who see things in monochrome

While the shades of gray give color

Light the path to golden domes

But our leaders make decisions

From their distorted ideal trail

While from the path of least resistance

We cry out to no avail

Could we all be misguided?

Now lost and far from home

Has are multicolored world

Transformed to monochrome?

The men we asked to stand with us

And right the wrongs theyve seen

Have had their views distorted

To a sickly shade of green

Suddenly opinions

From the well-connected seem

To increase in their importance

Enclosed in envelopes of green

While in the lands of colors

We live from day to day

Calling out in desperation

As we watch our world decay

In their insulated castles

Our calls can't penetrate

And the ones we had asked to help us

Become the ones we hate

The decisions based in monochrome

Have left us trapped and far off track

And our brilliant world of colors

Left no choice but fade to black...