Blindness (repost)
Since we see the world
as we are, not as it is
what can we call truth?
Once all men believed
the world was flat and earth
the center of all.
Therefore, is the truth
that which is generally
accepted by most?
Is that what is meant
when we posit what is true
versus what is lie?
Is the one who sees
this truth, the sighted one while
the other is blind?
Entire cultures
have been subjugated and
demeaned or despised
by majorities;
does that make the beliefs held
the god’s-honest truth?
And he who accepts
this revered, time-honored truth
is sighted, not blind?
When one sees with eyes
veiled with contempt and hatred
is what one sees truth?
When fear dominates,
predators are everywhere
empathy is not;
is what the fearful
sees the honest-to-god truth?
Or another lie?
Pollyanna sees
the glass half full, not empty;
is her truth, untrue?
Is her pleasant truth
less true or more of a lie
since it is pleasing?
Are not eyes that see
only goodness just as blind
as their opposite?
Eyes that do not see
may glimpse beauty and yet still
deny it exists.
Eyes unfettered by
belief systems that judge and
affect one’s vision
belong to children;
innocent, unblemished souls
that die in childhood.
Sadly, blindness is
the natural state of all men
and women with eyes
that see with hearts that
fear, hate, desire, envy,
crave, adore and love.