Sight

poem by: John Prophet
Written on Oct 20, 2021

Sight.
Visual.
Shell.
What’s
on the
outside.
What’s
visible,
reflecting
light.
Judgement,
based
on the
visible.
Worth,
based
on the
visible.
Survival,
based on
the visible
world.
Missing
the point.
Shallow
thought.
Reflecting
on visible
cues.
Evolved
to function
in the
visible
world.
Survival.
Visual
acuity
required.
Finely
tuned,
needed
to survive.
Inside.
What’s
not visible.
Less evolved.
Less able
to pierce
the visible.
See inside
to where
the soul
resides.
Understanding,
less evolved.
Acuity,
less evolved.
Looking
through the
visible,
past the
shell.
Less evolved.
Primitive.
Based on
survival,
animal
instincts.
Seeing
the inside.
Divining
the soul,
a universe
unto itself.
Humanities
greatest
challenge.
Key to
ultimate
survival!

 

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