Taking Off My Sunglasses

a poem by thenorm

Oh, when I was younger,

I never Understood

Why I could never see

The Light; mine eyes

Did never catch

The Truth. Your Truth,

My Truth.

I could

Never even comprehend

Anyone’s Truth.

So I wandered around,

Watching, waiting,

Wondering Why

There was

No Real Truth.

And people used to say,

"Girl, you just gotta

You just gotta

Take off them

Sunglasses."

Oh, and I would laugh

...Surely you jest...

My Sunglasses are

Just not that Dark.

That isn’t why

I Can’t See.

And I

Just would not Listen;

Not even Entertain

Taking Off My Sunglasses.

They were

Definetly

Not My Problem.

Then They Fell

And I Could See

Your Truth.

My Truth,

Your Truth.

Anybody’s Truth.

So now, they rest upon

My Head, but not so much

On my Eyes.

My Sunglasses.

Why I Could Not See.