Shut My Eyes
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Surreal is what it is
Pin pricks that open wide
Trying to unshed tears
Beholding scenes
That I don't want to see
Clasping and holding tight
Never ever letting go
Blind is what I want to be
Take away that light
Shut my eyes
And let me be
The strife, those travails
Of poverty and violence
The falling and rising
Of blackness around me
It hurts and it stings
And squeezes my orbs
Steadying my gaze
When I am turning away
Shut my eyes
And let me be
Those sights I saw before
Only haze they now bring
A touch of magic
Gone with a blink
A vision and euphoria
Is what I seek
Of a perfect world
With an imperfect me
Shut my eyes
And let me be