For I see the light, so I live in the shadows

I know righteousness, so I embrace the unjust and corrupt

My soul filled with hate and detestment with blank eyes staring out into the world

I see cruelty, I see sin

Our dystopian society cloaked in bright smiles and security tied into a neat little bow

They want us to see colors

I see black and white

They want us to feel warmth

I only feel the coldness of desertion

They have blinded us

Fed us with lies and secrets

They have damaged the way we used to think

In a world where everything has meaning, and everything has sadness, they have taught us to see good, and only good

Only when we choose to see the bad will we realize that what they say is wrong

There is no color, there is no peace

There is war, hunger, and death

We shall not be ignorant forever

We will soon see everything through a clear lens

Childhood, the proprietor of innocence and purity

A clean slate

A blank page 

Beautiful and delicate 

A mind susceptible to manipulation 

Fragile, unspoken for 

Lost…

A small smile and hopeful eyes

A bright future

Mayhem, riot

Streets filled with rage 

Fires and broken dreams

Here lies the quest for clarity

Here lies the truth

Forever searching for answers

Wanderers

Justice will be found

Errors will be corrected 

An uprising will come upon us

No longer will we believe in their poisonous ways

Our eyes are open wide