Skin and Paint

The skin and paint
Cover rock and metal
Conceal fire
Quench need
Subdue desire
Colours distract your eye
Soft smothers covet
Volume turned down
Voice left shouting to the wind
Competition conquers
Leaving you alone to win
Claim lands foreign
Enforce your name and colours
Company enforces
Standards and rules
Public worn
Private dominion
Hostile ground
Conceals voices
Strong and true
They carry on the wind