Wide Eyed
I have come to be real-in-my-eyes,
eyes that only half see,
yet only the half blind may see themselves.
The fine hairs of apperception,
those metaphorical hat brims pulled low
over smiling eyes
hide nothing from deeper insights.
In the moment of looking
I see only that looking,
yet that view is broad, rimless
encompasses all
the mind can develop of reality.
Perception in its narrow lens,
its fractional calibrated cogs
within cogs
fades like a ghost on a white board
that wide-eyes rub out with a blink.
Nothing gets trapped
in a past way of seeing.
Only a clear looking-glass remains,
and it but waits for a wholeness
to shatter its frame.
Copyright © Eric Ashford | Year Posted 2022
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