Shades of Gray

Prologue:

Blown by the southerly winds
dark gray
clouds hover over the Himalayas
with thunderous lightning
and
torrential rain
ready to wash away the precious soil.

Act I:

Gray is the colour of choice
for the masses
Gray is hip
from the colour of hair to dresses
Gray is customed tailored to differentiate
between a short sleeved bush shirt
and
a full sleeved tuck in shirt
in a classless system.

Act II:

Gray is the badal
so is the whiskers
Gray strokes in the hair
faded by memories of bygone era
Sita Ram
Sita Ram
Babu Ram
Babu Ram
Ram Ram
Hare Hare

Act III

Hot red fire
eventually becomes
kharani
that is swept away in the Bagmati.

Epilogue:

Black and White
makes
gray.
We are, but,
brown.