White and Red.
White-
The color of purity,
The color of death,
The color of peace,
The color of nobility,
The color of the absolute monarchy that oppressed, conquered, nurtured and protected people of a primitive race that were children of ice and snow.
White and Red.
Red-
The color of blood,
The color of war,
The color of love,
The color of hunger,
The color of the change that brought a tradition of centuries to its knees and stained its existence forever.
White and Red.
Red and White.
Old and New.
Contradiction, overlapping.
“we’ve got to move into the modern world,
We’ve got to protect ourselves from the epidemic of evil.
The evil shall not penetrate”
Faces blur.
Bodies pile.
Screams and chants echo-
Who are you?
What is your cause?
Where does your loyalty lie?
The Tsar is the Father.
The Tsar is the leader-
Eternal loyalty now questioned,
After centuries of blind faith
France and an unknown continent inspired,
A new empire born,
They screamed out questions-
Questions that were never asked.
Questions that had no answer.
Faces fade,
Words echo,
The dead come and the dead go
Where are the answers?
Who asked the questions?
Confusion is the permanent state of mind.
Determined not to relieve the bloody change of an allied empire,
They’re on their knees.
Children slaughtered in a misunderstood war-
Fight for your nation,
Fight for your Tsar,
Fight for your pride.
Children stolen,
A generation murdered
Where did the time go?
Confusion is the permanent state of mind.
I am a socialist.
I am a communist.
I am a royalist.
Where does your allegiance lie?
Kill the revolution.
Silence the change.
Save the Tsar.
Kill the Tsar.
Change is good.
Silence his supporters.
Inequality is bad.
Promises-
Hollow words-
Equality for all
Food for all
Clothing and shelter
Equal pay
Rewards are tempting.
Stop the war.
Stop the systematic slaughter.
Run away.
Save your children.
Oppression shall not prevail.
New world, New order, New society.
White and Red
Red and White
Old and New
Who are you?
What is your cause?
Where does your loyalty lie?
kairos 