First Level of How We Can All Belong
Everyone back to grey
unity of our colors shows the others
we notice them today
Everyone choose white or black
you can always play shadow and follow
each stage for three days.
Everyone it's time for red and blue
looking for the leaders of whose following who.
You can always drop out and start again
on another unsuspecting day
Leaders now green and yellow
hard to obsess this much and spotlight
yourself in the hidden or obvious.
Everyone back in black
unity of our colors confuses leaders again
we learn from them and maybe they
follow or try to lead again
Everyone its Orange or Purple
stole the spotlight of yesterday
and jumped ahead to foreshadow their parade
Everyone it's time for all those names and numbers
you can always single yourself out
and start from the last back to the first
on the most predictable days.
Follow one another without obviousness of
those who never even knew
Easy to fail the others who may one day
fail you too
and show yourself for the unsuspecting fool.
Everyone out of place
something, anything white
this level of control is addictive and honestly self right.
Did anyone predict the unpredictable
choosing black from red
why won't i abuse you when you ignore
the patterns i try to lend
Everyone in yellow or blue
such a cultic masterpiece of
truth
deception
mischieviosness
and deception
Everyone in green or black
I would give anything, anything
to have you wear that
choose new leaders to make the stage
and then tomorrow do what you can
to take it away
Hard to obsess this much
and try not to point out
the three holidays
that lie between
the simple four day work week
Easy to know within yourself
that you may have accomplished,
the impossible
to obsess for 18 days and enjoyed the illusion that everyone else was too.
Difficult to prove phenomenal masterpiece
of everyday life
My apprentices,
what will you decide when you reach the 19th day?
My adversary's
does it make you glad that you can always try again?
My masterminds,
what will you decide to be the purpose of this
when the choice is yours to decide?
Will you see me following you when it's time?
Copyright © Troy Nelson | Year Posted 2006
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