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