Sep 2017
The lens through with we view
is all that we may see
beware the end result
lest a villain stand by your side
please believe the world that’s seen
is much larger than we think
the scope will quickly shrink
with the impact of the mind
this doesn’t mean the others go
as inconvenient as this may be
when desires flow from the heart
outside the realm of empathy
the baby is put out of sight
with the bath water it will go
when only liquid must be expelled
regardless of what there may float
focus reduces the size of the world
walls are meant to keep them out
block the sight of unwashed ones
the stated deviants and criminals
the Devil is held as confidant
even if he is obscured from sight
not because he’s put aside
only because his place is denied.
© 2017. Sean Green. All Rights Reserved. 20170906.
is all that we may see
beware the end result
lest a villain stand by your side
please believe the world that’s seen
is much larger than we think
the scope will quickly shrink
with the impact of the mind
this doesn’t mean the others go
as inconvenient as this may be
when desires flow from the heart
outside the realm of empathy
the baby is put out of sight
with the bath water it will go
when only liquid must be expelled
regardless of what there may float
focus reduces the size of the world
walls are meant to keep them out
block the sight of unwashed ones
the stated deviants and criminals
the Devil is held as confidant
even if he is obscured from sight
not because he’s put aside
only because his place is denied.
© 2017. Sean Green. All Rights Reserved. 20170906.
“The Lens” was inspired by a prompt that asked for the line “the lens through which we view” to be used. On the previous day our 45th decided the six month cessation of the DACA program. To me, this is a decision driven by political appetites with very little, if any, empathy for those most harshly impacted. There are some very evil lens through which people can view the world. Sadly, there is little recognition of this as the lens create their reality.
