POEM: Rise, Open Your Eyes

A simple poem for this moment

Rise, Open Your Eyes
By Schuyler Brown

Open your eyes
Open your eyes
Open your eyes
It's time to rise

With two eyes that see
straight through confusion
With one that sees
Beyond illusion

Look again
Prove that you are willing
To take in all
Of life's unfolding

You must admit
Until just now 
You haven't wanted to
And didn't know how

Self-preservation
Made you blind
You learned to filter
Experience through mind

But, now the pain 
Of not-seeing
Has become more difficult 
Than actually being

When you want to know
You prove it by looking
Straight to the heart
Of all and everything

Open your eyes
Don't look away
Stare into the truth
That lights the way

Once you can see
There's no hesitation
Progress is born
Of determination

The coast is clear
To rise, rise!
It's finally time
To open our eyes