My Eyes Are Opened

Written by Jacob Ibrag

I read you like a book. Text etched into

stone. Word after every word, unoriginal. Thoughts

I knew you’ve harbored before speaking them. A program,

nothing more than a design in the system. Unable to stretch

the limbs you’ve been given. ‘My eyes are opened,’ I beg to

differ. You’ve been coded, weighed and delivered. My

blind friend, soon you’ll have to wake up. And

if you can’t, I wish you the best of luck.

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Photo by Tiko Giorgadze

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