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 © Stephen Obeng | Year Posted 2011
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