Sight

John Prophet

Sight.
Visual.
Shell.
What’s
on the
outside.
What’s
visible,
reflecting
light.
Judgement,
based
on the
visible.
Worth,
based
on the
visible.
Survival,
based on
the visible
world.
Missing
the point.
Shallow
thought.
Reflecting
on visible
cues.
Evolved
to function
in the
visible
world.
Survival.
Visual
acuity
required.
Finely
tuned,
needed
to survive.
Inside.
What’s
not visible.
Less evolved.
Less able
to pierce
the visible.
See inside
to where
the soul
resides.
Understanding,
less evolved.
Acuity,
less evolved.
Looking
through the
visible,
past the
shell.
Less evolved.
Primitive.
Based on
survival,
animal
instincts.
Seeing
the inside.
Divining
the soul,
a universe
unto itself.
Humanities
greatest
challenge.
Key to
ultimate
survival!

  • Author: John Prophet (Pseudonym) (Offline Offline)
  • Published: October 21st, 2021 04:25
  • Category: Unclassified
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Comments3

  • HangingbyaHalo

    Oh what a different world it would be if none of us could see.
    This piece made me stop and think. Well put thank you for sharing.
    -B-

    • John Prophet

      Hi HBH,
      thank you kindly for reading my work.
      JP

    • Goldfinch60

      Many just look but never see.

      Andy

      • John Prophet

        Hi Andy,

        Hope all is well. Thank you for reading.

        JP

      • Fay Slimm.

        Hi John - Such a thoroughly engaging read on sight both outer and inner with the latter being the place "where the soul resides" I truly agree with your perceptive last statement that ultimate survival of the human race can only happen by "divining the inside" - - thanks for sharing Sight.

        • John Prophet

          Thanks Fay, what a complicated road we are all on. JP



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