Uncolored Eyes

Uncolored Eyes

Do you avoid asking the questions,

Of those things whose answers you do not wish to know?

Have truths slipped past seen and unrecognized?

Have they been recognized and allowed past?

How would you know?

If you could ask one thing,

Would you dare an absolute truth?

Can a truth cause lasting harm,

Or,

Would a lie be the more damaging over time?

Which will you risk?

Whom do you fear more,

A stranger with a gun,

Or a friend with a knife?

Would you ask me questions you won’t ask yourself?

Would you hear the answers?

Would you leave them unasked?

Do you truly want to hear what you wish to be told,

Whether it bears any truth,

Whether it leaves you unlearned?

Would you know the difference?

Do you want to know the difference?

Do you see with uncolored eyes?

How could you know?

Do you want to know?

Cliff Lake 9/29/2022

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