I cannot be as you would wish

I live within the grey

Sameness is a nightmare

And faceless is cliche

I have no desire to adhere

Nor to capitulate

I’m not one to conform

Although I often imitate

I’m my own validation

I don’t care if I am sane

I’d rather the uncertainty that

Some joy is worth the pain

With no belief in “special,” but

With knowledge quite distinct

I decline to “drink the Kool-Aid”

And I’ll keep the way I think

The Grey Matters

My thoughts and patterns make me

The greys matter

Undyed, uncovered— they age me

My grey matter

Are cells, all addled, yet free

The Grey Matters are what matter to me

Here in the grey

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Music and lyrics by Wulf Downard. Arranged, performed, and produced by Wulf Downard.

Copyright Wulf Downard 2021. All rights reserved.