Colours shine,

against the backdrop,

repeated,

yet once,

there is no need,

but then there is,

we call the system broken,

but use it every day,

forget the failures,

forget the past,

tomorrow,

today,

wisdom in spades,

planting seeds for sins untold,

mysterious sold cheap,

society lost sleep,

dark rings beneath eyelids felt,

betrayals felt,

evermore,

we strive to find,

persistence,

weathered hands wrapped around,

judgement in the mirror,

punishment ours to own…