Optic - Selam Kidane Woldu

I eye the eye

To observe the world that revolves around me

I eye the eye

Does it look out?

Or does it let the world –

Outside have a glimpse of the inside?

I eye the eye

To see if my lenses are befogged

My window is dirty and –

My mark is not steady.

I eye the eye

If the view is obscured

If the sight I perceive

Is an illusion only

And my eye is belying me.

I eye the eye

To see

If – I can trust the sight that I see.

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Selam Kidane Woldu (21st century) Eritrea

Source: Ministry of Information Eritrea