The World as a Stage

The night's ablaze with blue and red

Blurs gliding silent

As the first arrived on the scene

Illuminating so vividly

The darkness of man, obscene

The blood on his shirt staining darker

Than that of the flashing red

Waving above his head a crimson branded beam

An abused lover in the grass on her knees

Pleading, cowering, trembling

Observe the theatrics, witness the play of man

Anger, violence, and jealousy

Are set to destroy all that we have

We've turned our shame into rage, ooh

And it's we who've set the stage

Using a spade, meant to plow and sow

As a blade, sharpened

Held to our brother's throat

A child peeks her head out into the dark hallway

The soft white of the night-light

Shines somewhere behind

And she steps out and began to pray

And she steps out into the dark hallway

??????

(I know this isn't)

She steps out begins to pray

Observe the theatrics, witness the play of man

And we've turned our shame into rage

And now it's we who've set the stage