When I Saw What I Didn't See
WHEN I SAW WHAT I DIDN’T SEE
THEN I BELIEVED WHAT I COULDN’T BELIEVE
THE INVISIBLE WAS STARING AT ME
ASKING ME IF I WAS ABLE TO PERCEIVE
MY PERCEPTION WAS STRONG AND IT WAS REAL
NO DECEPTION TO MISLEAD HIDE OR CONCEAL
THE INVISIBLE AGREED TO OFFER ME A DEAL
THAT I TRUST WHAT I SAW THE SAME AS I DID FEEL
AND I FELT IT LIKE THE WHISTLING OF THE WIND
A BREEZE BLOWING ON THE SURFACE OF MY SKIN
THE INVISIBLE SAID THAT HE TOO WAS MY FRIEND
KNOWING I COULDN'T SEE HIS BEGINNING OR HIS END
BUT THEN AGAIN THE WIND I NEVER DID DOUBT
I SAW ITS POWER AND IT’S GOOD AND BAD RESULTS
THE INVISIBLE LAUGHED AND HE BEGAN TO SHOUT
YOU’RE STARTING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT I’M TALKING ABOUT
WHEN HE SAID THIS I STOOD STILL STANDING IN SILENCE
FEELING GUILTY OF COMMITTING AN EGREGIOUS OFFENSE
THE INVISIBLE STATED I’M NOT LOOKING FOR RECOMPENSE
YET I HATED MY DISPLAY OF LACK OF COMMON SENSE
HENCE, I STARTED EVALUATE WHAT WAS IN MY SIGHT
THE MATERIAL AND IMMATERIAL , THE WRONG AND RIGHT
THE INVISIBLE SUGGESTED THAT I OPEN WIDE MY EYES
ONLY THEN COULD I DISCERN WHAT IS TRUTH AND LIES
I LEARNED AT THAT MOMENT IN SPACE AND TIME
NOT TO TRY TO PUT A FACE ON WHAT IS SUBLIME
THE INVISIBLE SMILED AT MY REASON AND RHYME
I WAS BEGUILED AT THE SHIFT OF THE PARADIGM
THE INVISIBLE WAS STARING AT ME
ASKING ME IF I WAS ABLE TO PERCEIVE
THEN I BELIEVED WHAT I COULDN’T BELIEVE
WHEN I SAW WHAT I DIDN’T SEE
About this poem
This poem is about our limited view based upon our concept of what is based on what we can only see with our eyes
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Written on July 31, 2022
Submitted on July 31, 2022
Modified on March 23, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABAb cccc xxdd exee xfff gghh iiii AbBA |
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Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 1,404 |
Words | 278 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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