Son of Gray

Son of gray and all things holy

Never meant to greet the sky,

Because god has struck you down.

 

Go weeping into that good truth, son of gray.

Your avarice was all you had,

and you would burn it all down if you could be king of the ashes

 

And my dear son of gray,

You thought you were sore for all the right reasons

But they left you with nothing to cover yourself.

Left to be defined by the cruelty of fading lights.

 

So it is, my son of gray

That I didn’t really know you,

I just somehow felt the truth of you in the dark.

Reviews

[William J Vaudrain]

Excellent use of imagery!

So it is, my son of gray
That I didn’t really know you,
I just somehow felt the truth of you in the dark.

The lone soul lamenting in the dark....!! Feelings in the dark; well that’s one thing they have.

[Bell Spalding]

Your avarice was all you had,

and you would burn it all down if you could be king of the ashes

I cannot possibly say just how much I love this piece. Excellent, vivid, haunting, 10 out of 10.