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To Show or To See? 

Poem I Sakshi Uniyal



Photo by Navya Agrawal

I drop my lids and open my eyes,

the world looks like a graveyard

spirits and humans playing along

souls without bodies, 

bodies without souls.

I strive to locate where I situate

eyes, some, hollow, kind, evil and promising

though useless?

they do not show what resides inside of that demon

eyes, some, hollow, kind, evil and promising

what was their need again

to show or to see?


Do I create you out of my head? 

Do I see how I see you because of my head? 

I thought I was my heart more than my head, 

my heart is blind, my head is mortal

what am I then if not a residual emotion? 

an undone robe, an uncooked meal,

useless, could be useful though

to make a poem out of screams

poems are useless again though,

and

what was their need again

to show or to see?







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