Envy

To overthrow his masters

Always the slave by healthy envy was driven

But is my envy still healthy

When I wish not to inherit the castles they live in

I covet not my neighbour's house

Nor his thralls or his cattle

Only the shield that they are to him

In this battle - of life

The poet looks into the mirror

Sees the signs of human action

You may look in there as well

But only see your own reflection

I envy you each day of bliss

Each lucky spell and divine kiss

That the gods bestowed upon you not me

The pictures they paint; are so utterly faint

But clear enough to stir the envy in all

Selftraining classes for the consuming masses

To make us feel ugly and small

But that envy is a safe ally

Is a lie

I live with ghosts from the past

I live in fear that the next day's the last

I can't kepp smilling at your games

While the world is falling down in flames

But make no mistake

I wish I could

I cannot assume ignorance

Of the suffering of man

I cannot pretend pleasure

In walking this scorched land

But make no mistake

I wish that I could

Stormtroopers of stupidity

Manipulating magic

Amazing disgrace of the human race

Sells a paradox fantastic:

That opposed to the socalled blessed

You find though you do not seek

Happiness

Sometimes I even envy your conformity

It's not all happy days in the freakshow

- you know

Everything bestowed upon you not me

The pictures they paint; are so utterly faint

But clear enough to stir the envy in all

Selftraining classes for the consuming masses

To make us feel ugly and small

But that envy is a safe ally

Is a lie

Still - one can dream of a time

When all the lies have been revealed

And then...

The pictures they paint;

With blood shall be stained

The nightmare of dreamfactories

Brought down at last

The outcasts shall be the new incrowd, you see

And their mantras a thing of the past

'Cause that envy is a safe ally

Is a lie