The world outside my window is consumed with shades of gray
The 9 to 5ers sell their souls for a dollar but they can’t keep fifty cents
Men roam about carrying swords of Babylon ready to cut down their own reflections
Wallowing in self hatred everyone becomes mine enemy
The unsuspecting continue to suffer at their own hands
The world outside my window is painted with brilliant illusions
The children watch the magic box and are immediately entrenched with
Seeds of vanity, greed, and vengeance
Then we as parents pretend as though we’ve given them so much love
The world outside my window reels from confusion
We’ve all been taught to bask in the glow of superficiality
And once the transparent appeal of euphoria wears off we’re left chasing the phantom high it alluded to
The world outside my window bears the burden of sadness
I see the passers bys in their eyes the torment of their souls becomes a two way mirror for me
As we all share a reality that we are simply here living to die
This world right outside my window perplexes me
Humanity reeks of the stench of failure
But whose failures do we allow to enslave us from generation to generation
The passers bys will never see
The blessing of the gift of life bestowed unto we
Outside my window a world is lost and embattled with herself
She is crying out for love