Monochromatic

My world is monochromatic, we are all grey

No white knights in shining armor

No black demons sent to devour

Righteously indignant, believers and ignorance

We are all heroes here, we are all villains

Our silent condoning feels like compliance

Trained since childhood to spot the difference

Empathy is not a subject we teach

Bridging divides that run so deep

We are told not to hate, but not shown how to love

We are taught how to debate, but not how to converse

We have an Elon Musk and a Mark Zuckerberg 

Centuries later still, no more Da Vinci’s are birth

Intelligence without humanity has made this world grey

Greed without clarity has led us so far astray

I wonder what the Medici’s would think of the rich today

They gave us a Renaissance era, our rich still steal our pay! 

My world is monochromatic, on the inside

Rainbows of acceptance we now call pride

Steps towards progress, but in which direction

People are people, why make any distinction

My world is monochromatic, our actions are good or bad

Inequality systematic, blind justice is all we’ve had

First impressions, the color of one’s skin

Second only to, what’s your religion

The handshake that followed was a bit too late

Our minds made up straight out of the gate

We measure intellect, not growth of the soul

We are taught to recollect, not make it our own

Our love affair with colors, is almost romantic

But beneath the surface, my world is monochromatic!