Sunday, May 26, 2024

When someone turns on the lights Nov. 28, 2012

 


Don’t worry

Whether we exist or not,

Basking in Plato’s Cave,

With the illusion

Shadows are real,

But some people

Can’t shut off

The light switch,

Drowning in the hum

Of words deep into

The dark of night

Or predawn morning

The buzzing in your hears

Makes for a higher fever

Not quite numb

The mania of our lives

Spilling over

Into our waking world,

I envision you

In that cold bed alone,

calculating your existence,

by the number of entities

that tumble around

in your head,

shadows on the ceiling

and the walls,

leaping down at you

with every passing

set of headlights,

which we are lead

to believe as real,

Was Plato right

Dragging us out of our caves

Exposing us to things

We can’t possibly believe,

Blinded by a light so bright,

We can’t possibly

Mistake it for anything else,

We wishing we could

Slip back under our

Lonely covers,

Safe, snug,

But completely mistaken


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