“It is only with the heart
that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.” - Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Poets United mid-week motif is “invisibility”. We are gifted with sight to see what is readily visible to all, however, relatively few people have vision and see what is invisible to most. We are surrounded by optical illusions, distorting mirrors and smoke screens in a world that has become more and more shrouded in deception and falseness. What is true, fundamental and crucial to us lies hidden and invisible. To see the essential we have to use more than our eyes…
Here is my poem:
Poets United mid-week motif is “invisibility”. We are gifted with sight to see what is readily visible to all, however, relatively few people have vision and see what is invisible to most. We are surrounded by optical illusions, distorting mirrors and smoke screens in a world that has become more and more shrouded in deception and falseness. What is true, fundamental and crucial to us lies hidden and invisible. To see the essential we have to use more than our eyes…
Here is my poem:
The Invisible
The eyes are blind to the
essential
And that is why we must have
an open heart,
With which to see the
invisible.
A beautiful face can hide an
evil mind,
And that is why we must have a
pure soul
With which to sense the
invisible.
Hypocrisy, flattery, cant are
rife
And that is why we must have
wisdom,
With which to reason the
invisible.
Sweet words and lulling music
dull our ears,
And that is why we must have
clean hands
With which to feel the
invisible.
The world around us is corrupt
and filled with devils,
And that is why we need faith
and love and hope
With which to make the
invisible, visible;
To make the hidden manifest;
To uncover the truth obscured
by lies;
To find the innocent amongst
the damned.
OMG! To see. To sense. To reason. To feel. I think we find more than the innocent: We take part in the Mystery. Your introductory narrative is as good as your poem. We really are making the invisible visible today!
ReplyDeleteYou are right. We must see and touch what is beneath.
ReplyDeleteTis so that those devils amongst us do too and skilfully manipulate those who refuse or are unable to see what is in front of their very eyes.
Kind regards
Anna :o]
Sweet words and lulling music dull our ears,
ReplyDeleteAnd that is why we must have clean hands
With which to feel the invisible.
Such deep and poignant lines!!❤️
aha, we all need that inner eye to be able to look beyond....
ReplyDeleteluv these of your poem
ReplyDelete"And that is why we need faith and love and hope
With which to make the invisible, visible;"
Have a nice Wednesday
much love...
Wonderfully stated, Nicholas. Those of us who can see are distressed at what we are looking at these days. It seems the smoke and mirrors are working. Hopefully only temporarily.
ReplyDeleteIn its entirety, an awesome post.
ReplyDeleteElizabeth
Yes, we need to look for that so-often invisible truth that is obscured by lies. But so many of us have become blind and do not see and will not see until it is too late.
ReplyDeleteWise words in this well written poem. I usually use my intuition "to uncover the truth" and I am mostly right but not always, some people wear really good masks.
ReplyDeleteSo many things we need to make the invisible visible! Who is up to the task?
ReplyDeleteSweet words and lulling music dull our ears,
ReplyDeleteAnd that is why we must have clean hands
With which to feel the invisible.
being able to feel the invisible...that is what I take away from here, nice...bkm
Great poem!
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