Back then, I saw with my own eyes aloneand I saw everything within two feet;
everything was up close:words in the books almost lickable;mirror gaze was a forehead bang as in a duel;Dad was in the face; Mom, in the nose.
Then the glasses pushed my eyes into the back seat;world was a vast expanse far beyond a hand's reach;days, then months, and then years ran so fastas far as I saw, I saw myself only with my glasses.
All colours filtered and filmed clearer thana movie but dull, slow and sleepy.Eyes slept so much they forgot to seethe colours as they were. And
on a day when the veil was off (it broke)they cried so much at the beautiful sky,the sky shook itself black and weak.tears took them back to old days:
Lost smells came back,tip of the nose was clearer as before;noises now were familiar sounds of thingsthe eyes had missed from the back seat.
Once and for all I knew the world aroundand it was within two feet.
everything was up close:words in the books almost lickable;mirror gaze was a forehead bang as in a duel;Dad was in the face; Mom, in the nose.
Then the glasses pushed my eyes into the back seat;world was a vast expanse far beyond a hand's reach;days, then months, and then years ran so fastas far as I saw, I saw myself only with my glasses.
All colours filtered and filmed clearer thana movie but dull, slow and sleepy.Eyes slept so much they forgot to seethe colours as they were. And
on a day when the veil was off (it broke)they cried so much at the beautiful sky,the sky shook itself black and weak.tears took them back to old days:
Lost smells came back,tip of the nose was clearer as before;noises now were familiar sounds of thingsthe eyes had missed from the back seat.
Once and for all I knew the world aroundand it was within two feet.
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