A young man before his time died,
On the gates of heaven he arrived,
As the Gatekeeper called him forward,
He felt his life flash before his eyes,
And his deeds were weighed on the Weigh of Deeds,
But Good and Evil were evenly balanced,
The Gatekeeper stood firm on his ground,
said he "O young fellow from beyond,
Tis be the Gates to the Promised Land,
Yet ye are still not worthy enough,
To kiss the sands of the holy land
But rejoice neither ye be a sinner,
Like the wretchs of yer kind,
To suffer the wrath of hellfire abound",
The young man wearily faced upwards,
"Neither be aye a sinner nor be a saint,
Then in this realm of afterlife,
Pray , tell me o lord,
What shall be the fate of kind? "
As he moved his eyes upwards,
The serene face of the Gatekeeper his gaze met,
"Fear not my dear child,
there is yet hope for you to survive,
But to enter the Gates o the lord,
should ye answer the riddle aye ask,
Then aye shall open the gates and let ye pass"
No frown or smile crossed his face,
with a silent nod the young man gave his consent.
"The life thee lived was colored bright,
yet before ye died ye had a good look at life,
But if aye did give thou a chance to paint,
Which color would the world be Black or White?"
His shoulders drooped as a tear rolled from his eye,
As he looked up, his face betrayed both pain and joy,
the sad smile played across his lips when he replied,
"If aye were to judge the world by my eye,
I wouldn't paint either black or white,
My life would define the color i testify,
Nay I'd say,
I'd mix them both all around aye'd spray,
The darkest hues and shades of gray."