Insanity Defined

To protect your eyes

Is to shield the lies

The truth too scared to be told

To protect your eyes

Is to cover your cries

The cries of your unburdened soul

To protect your eyes

Is to hide your life

The life you so desperately hold

To protect your eyes

Is to call yourself blind

Blind to everything known

To call yourself blind

Is insanity defined

Only foolish people hide what they've shown

Reviews

[Lizardo]

Wow, This is great writing but it is true, Why would they want to hide what they are?
Sometimes the truth is to scared to behold (like you said) Thats why we are scared of the truths and sometimes we tend to lie, we prefered the lie that supossly is ''better'' then the dead serious truth.
This poem is wonderful, Thank you for sharing this excellent piece of poetry

[Amy J]

Thank you Lizardo! Much appreciated :)

[Lizardo]

you are welcome

[Einstein Noodle]

finding/being true to one's self is an arduous adventure .. so filled with fears and false pride and misleadings .. but what a price to keep once we succeed .. we look back and see how silly we may have been .. how insane we certainly can be .. the last line when i read it i wanted to read "... hide what they've sown" not shown .. i do understand "shown" but i have to wrestle with it a little to clarify it for myself ... otherwise for me your poem flows top to bottom with an interesting take on a very important part of life for us all :)
E.

[ayejodie]

This gives me a kind of "the truth hurts" impression. You wrote it very well, really enjoyed how it flowed so well :)

[Arthur Martel]

Some people have all sorts of defence mechanisms Amy J and it's not true that only foolish people hide what they've shown, sometimes old sages, masters and teachers hide what they have shown because sometimes it is taken for granted and is not worth showing again. Interesting view point though. No hard feelings, you're still a great poet :)

[Amy J]

I think you've misunderstood the sentiment and contextuality of the poem, it's intrinsic and self-critical with a pepetual need to lower and shields oneself from the greater (self-imposed, where necessary) prospects, my intent was a metaphorical representation of self-corruption rather than external deprivation; but feel free to interpret how you please. All the while, thanks for the review.

[Arthur Martel]

Uuuuoh what a smart reply! Maybe I have misunderstood but everyone's interpretation of reality is just that - their own. And everything we create and know is the experience and collected knowledge of one person and one person only therefore everything we create will always be misunderstood and not always - understood. But then again, this is just my opinion and I could be entirely wrong as a wise man once wrote or said ''If you would be a real seeker after truth, it is necessary that at least once in your life you doubt, as far as possible, all things.'' Thanks for the interesting reply, you seem to be a very smart girl.

[Amy J]

Haha I like that quote a lot, thanks for the feedback Mar Mar!