Sage Christian
Blindness is a Disease
Karen Arellano
Ignorance is bliss, at least that’s
what the ones who live in it
continue to persist.
But they are blinded, hidden in this
darkness far from the realization
that something else can be seen.
Blindness is the form that ignorance
takes upon us. Most receive it as
a daily allowance; an ounce a
day to keep the pain away.
The pain of not being able to
accept the truth, because ignorance
molded you from youth.
Blindness is that disease that
doesn't cease, not because it is impossible.
It's just unbearable to contemplate the fact
that you chose imitation over truth.
That is credible,
because who would put their hands
in flames that they haven’t ever
tamed? Frightened by the truth, you
still pick pain as the excuse for why
you’re still stuck in chains.
Ignorance is a disease that blinds you,
borne from within, just
like the darkness you deem to call light.
Your eyes are your cave,
keeping you forever a slave.