Eye Sight

Am eye wrong for
Befriending the blind
And dedicating hours to
Describing the colors of an
Aurora Borealis

Am eye wrong for
Prolonging sleep
So for when I fall into
Hibernation reality
Morphs in a seemingly
Endless lucid dream

Am eye wrong
For watching the
Daisies longer
Than the Series Finale

Am eye wrong
Taking pictures of
Every sunset
And every sunrise

Am eye wrong for drawing
The moon against the night sky
But never using white or black

Am eye wrong for
Closing my eyes
When listening to music
To watch the notes dance
And illuminate the back of
My eye lids

Am eye wrong
Defining beauty as
You without make up

Am eye wrong
Loving what I saw within
But crying over what a life
Would be without

Am eye wrong for the
Visions of revenge
Toward those who have
Victimized me for the ways
I look

Am eye naive
Because I don’t know
What “ugly” is

Am eye wrong for
Keeping secret my
Prophetic visions

Am eye wrong
Believing
Real Eyes
Realize
Real lies?

Eye am not afraid
Of the dark, But
Eye am afraid
To blink.

 

-Stephen Kofi Opare Obeng
Copyright © | Year Posted 2011

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Brown Avatar
March 29, 2011 at 7:01 AM
Thank you for sharing your very creative poetry I enjoyed reading it today Stephen. Have a wonderful day and may you find even more inspiration to write as the day goes by. Love, Carol
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March 28, 2011 at 12:42 PM
This is very creative, descriptive, and emotive..With each stanza, I received a new twist and turn with great statement..Sara
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