We See What We Want to See
Want and sight…a consideration
Eyes choose the focus,
crystal clear that fades at the periphery,
and a mind does the same, in focus,
choosing what is clear
and what fades from clarity.
What we choose is political,
a balanced worth of gain or status quo,
and that is how truths remiss haunt our lives,
because they are not recognized to begin with,
dismissed to a blurred periphery.
We see what we want to see,
because we are fearful,
the truth in some way
demoting our delusions of ourselves,
and therefore not recognized.
If it weren’t for all the negative circumstances
that these choices create,
we would perhaps continue in our blindness,
yet truth always finds a way to surface,
and we more than not, suffer in its conception.
Eyes and minds focus on life,
to evaluate what’s right,
but if we exclude anything,
then we are not relenting our petty egos,
and political we’ll remain.
Tony DeLorger © 2017
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The ego can hide anything that is not self-gratifying. To see beyond, to the truth, changes perspective to allow growth. Well penned verse, Tony.
Much appreciated Phyllis. Take care my friend.