In Small Quantities

The black box.

Forbidden.

All my life.

Forbidden.

The flashing lights.

Forbidden.

Any light.

Forbidden.

Orange, Red, Green and Blue.

Colours all new to me.

The bright ones.

Forbidden.

The polite ones.

Forbidden.

Black, Grey, and Graphite too.

The plain ones.

Forbidden.

The sane ones.

Forbidden.

The lines on my hand.

I won't have time to understand.

The frown on my face.

I won't have time to reprimand.

Orange,

Red,

Green 

and

Blue.

Black,

Grey,

and

Graphite

too.

7 is enough.

I like 7.

Its more than 5.

But less than 10.

Just right.

One by one,

In my mouth they go.

Orange for gloom.

Red for pain.

Blue for doom.

Green for insane.

Black for fast.

Grey for lies.

Graphite for last.

And Mehdi dies.