The Grey Ballad

Morning are grey.
Days are grey.
Nightfalls are grey.
Nights are colourless,
Trapped under the greyness of wet skies.
The sun is pale.
The moon is always overdressed,
In a grey uniform.
The air is heavy,
And the rain refuses to fall,
And the curtains better stay close
To stop grey to invade white walls.
Oh how I am all in the grey,
Everyday, every moment, everywhere.
Oh how I am all in the grey.
I am all in the grey because grey is the colour of the world here.

Rain drops are grey above my head,
For they are too small to be blue.
Rivers are grey,
Of the grey sky that falls upon them
Because the sands and rocks
They flow on are grey.
Even the ocean is grey,
But not a tempestuous grey,
A morn grey.
Walls are grey,
Even the most red-bricked of all
Trees are grey,
Because the grass is grey as well
And shines out its greyness
Didn’t you know that the world was grey?
Oh how I am all in the grey,
Everyday, every moment, everywhere.
Oh how I am all in the grey.

Blacks are grey.
Red is grey.
Purple is grey.
All colours are grey.
Green is the greyer of all.
For it is the sibling of grey.
Didn’t you know?
Oh how I am all in the grey
Everyday, every moment, everywhere
Oh how I am all in the grey

Clothes are grey.
Hats are grey,
Over grey hair,
Under grey umbrellas,
Topping grey coats,
Grey scarfs,
Grey pullovers,
And grey socks.
Didn’t you know people are grey too?
Oh how I am all in the grey,
Everyday, every moment, everywhere.
Oh how I am all in the grey.


I don’t like grey,
Except when it lightens up,
Torn out by sunset,
Burnt by some touches of purple and orange.
I don’t like grey,
Except in the eyes of this man whose glance one day penetrated my soul.
I like the colour of sand.
I like blue, purple, orange, browns, greens, deep reds.
I like the colour of light,
Even when it is dark,
Even when it is night.
I like the colour the naked moon,
To watch these scars we scratched it with
At too much glancing at it.
Oh how I long leaving the grey
And returning to the colours
Of these places where water is not.