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3/28/2026 for Eye of the Eye Poetry Contest sponsored by Unseeking Seeker 

Eye of the Eye

As consciousness, submerged, is buried deep, 
obsessive thoughts repeat again, again. 
Awareness, then hidden, is sound asleep

as ruminations coil around my brain -
thus, rendering me functionally blind, 
as I go certifiably insane. 

Just as I am imprisoned by my mind, 
enveloping thoughts that have me consumed,
(rendering my perceptions so confined)

fall away like Autumn leaves by and by
waking the ear, the nose, the skin, the eye.
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Faure Avatar
March 28, 2026 at 2:11 PM
Enjoyed very much!
Crandall Avatar
March 28, 2026 at 2:34 PM
Glad you enjoyed it Joyce!
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