Tall, dark and greyStood a tower of despairAge had taken its tollAnd time had come for its share Tall, dark and greyStood the tower of hopeFootprints in the blackened grassYet none had passed its steely foot Tall, dark and greyStood the tower of sadnessFor once it was a mighty fortWhose belly now shone a shade of crimson Tall, dark and greyStood the tower of happinessDeep into its dreary depths of silenceIts heart vibrated with a bright yellow glow Tall, dark and greyStood the tower of haughtinessLong had it gazed into what lay aheadYet never knowing what lay beneath Tall, dark and greyStood the tower of lonelinessFor atop the array of…