Before today
I never stopped to feel
the balls of water
bouncing on my hair each morning
when I turned on the river
and let loose this fountain
I never thought this was-
rain from some mountain.
So I opened my eyes
and for the first time
in my life
I watched the warped spheres
float down from my eyelids
lost people
sprawled in the air
hurled from some bridge somewhere.
And I never realized
what gravity was
until I watched those little spheres fall
such great speed
from my eyes
I never blinked and in a second
their lives were all gone
their lives were all gone.
Before this morning
I never stopped to think
as I lay in my bed
hand on my stomach
hand on my pillow
what, is this reality?
I had forgotten my body-
but I desired not to find it.
So I closed my eyes
and forgot my arms
left alone with only my mind
I realized this reality was all relative
because I could not tell
where my dreams ended
was my day pretended?
Do I really need glasses at all?
And I never realized
how a slave lived
until I looked in the mirror
through slow melting glasses
such slow speed
before my eyes
for I am a slave to society's plastic.
So throw away the eyes!
Throw away the magazines!
Throw away your life
and live in your dreams.
There really is no difference
in what you see
it is in your mind.
Lay in bed,
become blind,
forget time.
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