In Between Black and White, Grey Stands out in Life

Ananya Pahari

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With my eyes closed,
I dream of a land where happiness and gloominess are the best of friends
I could imagine a
A heaven where birds chirp, and nightingale sings!
With my eyes closed,
I could see a dream turning into a reality
But that cocooned world is perturbed soon!

I was imagining all the bounties for a while
I was trying to find the purity in the colour "white"
I was blindly acknowledging the colour "black" for its sophistication
I was lost in the world where blending of "rebellion" and "empowerment" isn't just possible!
I was engrossed in an enigma where I believed that mourning is followed with an illumination.

But unfortunately I failed to realise that the colour "Black" is no less than a formality!
The colour "White" is nothing different from the unadulterated honesty!
I was miserable enough to embrace the "grey"
For I believed it was no more better than a grave
But to my utter dismay, it reflects on the INTELLECTUALITY and the COMPROMISE of the humans!

Doesn't this hold true for our LIVES?
Doesn't this mark a difference between the world of Imagination and Actuality?
Doesn't this raise a question mark on one's perception and credence?
Don't you feel segregated now when Black and White comes to your mind!
Might be, there is a clear line in between the rapturous "BLACK" and charismatic "WHITE"!
But would you dare to deny that the colour "GREY" is the only conqueror in the end!
Doesn't this "in between" adds a pinch of salt on our wounds?

It does right!

We might be an idealist, a fantasizer or even a theorizer!
But everything loses its worth when "DEATH" is nearer!
So, come together-
Let's be a "Conquistador"," a vanquisher"," a whipper"," a trimmer" or say "a subjugator"!
Come along to celebrate the ghastly, pale yet the most "cadaverous" and "timeless" colour in thehistory!
Which is still a mystery
Even in this 21st century!
Therefore, believe it or not, "In between Black and White, Grey stands out in life.