Glasses

 

Spectacles seeing beneath every glow

each aura unveiled with pronounced precision,

truths lying sleeping under facades

carefully exposed with intense clarity,

feeling so inexorable powerful

from eyes piercing the world’s shrouds.

 

Movements noticed in the darkness,

heart pounding while deciphering their image,

peace flees as view grows increasingly menacing,

anxiety gropes to find a weapon for defense,

hair trigger insecurities prepare to pounce

upon the roaming, murderous monsters

whose thuds can be felt shaking the ground.

 

It all fades into the night

as the first rays of dawn arrive,

shining on a prescription for first pair of glasses

that was never filled.