To the beholder

            

                        To the Beholder                    

             

    Don't look at me anymore

    If otherwise you'll only see

    The taint of my innocence

    Left behind by this coercive life.

    For you alone, I assume roles

    To seek inherent reality 

    But can only perceive the apparent

    For the truth is  behind a veil.

    Don't look at me anymore

    You can only see the veil

    The stains and ink on it 

    Inflicted by others and afflicted by fate.

    What your eyes desire to see

    Is lost in me, my purity   

    Now for your sake I seek

    What is behind the veil.                         

             

                          

Reviews

[John the Baptist]

Pain and resentment loom heavily over this one. There is the feeling the speaker has been disappointed before, and seems to be warning another to tread lightly, though I feel there is a willingness to trust there, too. It takes courage to do so if one has been burned before.

[prema]

John thank you for the review