Land of the Blind

To see

Or not to see?

That is the question

Do you see?

A woman walking round

With black eyes

Wearing shades

Both day and night

Arms folded

Her head buried in shit

To keep the world from entering

Her living nightmare

Do you see?

A child abused

In the public domain

With nowhere to run

A young soldier’s

Innocence lost

In an undeclared war

Do you see?

The hell we’ve made for ourselves

While we plausibly deny

Throwing each other upon

The furious fire

Every time we turn our backs

On someone in need

Making us blind

To our own atrocities

Do you see?

In the land of the blind

No one is worthy

To be king