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Friday, June 12, 2009
Did You See Me?
Your vision extends as far as your eyes can see.
You rely on your vision to steer safely
Around the dangerous obstacles and sharp curves
That slow your journey to the next point of view.
I am the menacing figure in the distance.
Your eyes communicate the hazard
To your conditioned brain
And you swerve and speed past me,
Just one more inconvenience in your life.
Your eyes never really saw me,
The "me" inside the looming stance
Of pride and conviction of purpose.
Just eyes, missing hidden dimensions,
And scanning the surface of my intrusion.
I stand alone now on the highway of confrontation
Wishing that you might have atomized me
Into a million tiny fragments of matter
From my hidden insides to reveal the proof
Of your real intent.
The danger of mutual damage in this case
Prevented you from being the innocent witness
Of such real devastation of body and soul.
Yet, oh how sweet it would have been
To have stepped on the gas and taken dead aim.
What right did I have to occupy your eyes
And interrupt your carefree day?
I could have become the ruin of your content
As I exist merely to get in the way
And, somehow, think I matter too.
It's a cold, long walk with only my thoughts
As I tramp my way along the miles alone.
You are probably home now with friends
And resting your limited eyes
To discern how best to judge tomorrow's fears.
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