For Hannah

What you see is what you know

In this great and secret show

Your eyes went where you will go

With eyes closed you’re more alone

Keep your eyes open wide

When you can

Keep your eyes open wide

Your eyes are feeding your mind

With beauty of day and night

The glory and dirt compiled

Nothing escapes from your sight

Sometimes keep your eyes closed

If you can

Sometimes keep your eyes closed

Close...eyes

One should respect and learn the true

The true virtue of sight

The art of keeping your eyes wide

The art of keeping your eyes tightly shut

Sometimes you wish you didn’t see

Things burnt into memory

Things coming back in your dreams

Could you choose?

There is no choice in your eyes

For things you like or despise

Maybe that’s where justice dies

Blind where eye tells truth from lies

One should respect and learn the true

The true virtue of sight

The art of keeping your eyes wide

The art of keeping your eyes tightly shut

If you could choose

Filter your sight

Reflect only

What can not hurt

Sometimes

To avert

Your look

Makes all the difference in your book

Everything

You do see

Gets burned into your memory

One should respect and learn the true

The true virtue of sight

The art of keeping your eyes wide

The art