the use of dark colors

after the flame is gone
gray is the color that stays,
in part pure as white and
in part sad as black,
with all the nuances in between.

brown is the earth that has been burned,
left bared and all exposed,
aching but ready to start anew
perhaps in frail green,
when life gets ready
to take over all the power;

it turns to red when fires burn
all that yesterday made sense.

and then again brown
is the mixture off all
has lived lived or it will
but if we are to look in face
the source of light
that feeds our life
we would get burned
and all the joy would
too soon turn
to ashes;

it may be better that
we all shall wear
from time to time
a pair of glasses -
gray like age
and lacking passion
(just like wisdom
in its essence)