Eyes

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Eyes are the window to the soul;

I guess I have no soul then

My eyes failed me long ago.

Now I am trapped in my own mind

Sometimes I shut out the noise and wonder

Is this what it is like to be a thought--

Not seeing, hearing, smelling, feeling or even tasting anything?

It is a lonely thought

But now I have the opportunity to open my eyes once again!

To see the light of day!

To see my mother’s face!

The operation is done now…

I can see…

But this world before me is not what I remember…

It was once a light and happy place filled with kind-hearted people.

Now it is a war zone of the ages-

The entire world--at war with itself and not even knowing it.

A constant battle

Never ending

Why does everyone have to fight?

They don’t even realize they are!

This world is not how I remember it.

Have they all closed their eyes?

Is everyone seeing the world as I had?

Nothing more than a blank sheet of black?

It must be…

Why else would people do this?

They have closed their eyes…

And now I wish mine were closed as well.

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