The Planet of the Blind

Testo:

© billybluej
Light shone all around them but they did not see it.
They had eyes but they remained closed.

No one analyzed their dreams.
No one even knew if he they had any.

Like Oedipus they walked in a world of darkness.
They existed in a land of unknowing.

They built war machines.
In air conditioned rooms, they piloted drones

by touch and dropped bombs
on innocent women and children.

Whirlwinds of dust blew all around them.
Radioactive clouds darkened the sky.

Ultimately, they considered themselves blessed
by their blindness.

When the end came, no one cried,
no one was left to tell their story.

Light shone all around them but they did not see it.
They had eyes but they remained closed.