They drag you down, they drag you down Green-clouded eyes and purple frown Finger-pointed barbs, dark thoughts Whispered from a source unknown Amuck in viral fog since when they flew The mutterer's black-painted door Truth meets them mute, with startled stare Its wild defence vain slashing at the air Malicious mockery, a smiling clown The world goes on, time passes as it would Indifferent to the evil that men do as to the good. Do not despair, one of the thieves - but which? The blood-dimmed tide has drowned all innocence The other stands where Adonais once stood. |