Wednesday, January 26, 2011

To Have One's Eyes Open

To have one's eyes open
To the pain
To the beauty
Of the world
Is an exhausting experience
Filling our hearts
With hopes
Half of them dashed
Half of them fulfilled
Oh, the sight
Of the bright horizon
We keep moving
Toward the light
Despite any inkling
To put down our heads
To fall back into
A dark sleep.