||::-Blind-::||

My eyes began to wander in terror,
Mistaking truth for lies
And farces for genuine.
I knew where my eyes were taking me,
Following this lantern
That swung in an unsteady rhythm
Before my open heart.

I was deaf then,
Listening for my own pulse
Through naked lids,
Not seeing where every footfall
Shook the foundations of the sun
And rustled the leaves of emptiness.

This world of shallow surface
Reflected the truths that the eyes beheld
And what was beautiful.
For the longest time
I thought was true,
Until I became blind
To what I wanted to see.