Once A homeless man approached my mum and I and we were wary 
He was begging us for spare change, mom said, “we’ve no change to spare” 
As we quickly walked away I told my mum “that man was scary” 
And she said, “close your eyes and its not there” 

I was lying in my bedroom in the dark and heard beneath me 
A growling like a monster and I screamed to make my mother aware 
She turned the bedroom light on and this wisdom did bequeath me 
She said, “close your eyes and its not there” 

These childhood remembrances are truly habit forming 
Through the years friends thought me callous or too self absorbed to care 
Be it starving kids in Africa or rampant global warming 
I just close my eyes, and its not there 

Light enters through the eyeball in the pupil and the IRIS 
and passes through the retina to the optical nerve and the brain 
What we DO see can amaze us or repel us or inspire us 
AND what we DON’T see cannot ever bring us pain 

My mother’s sage advise has served me well until the present 
Its kept me moving forward free from worry or despair 
Anytime I’m faced with something ugly or unpleasant 
I just close my eyes and its not there 

But suddenly I’m stricken with self doubt like lightning flashes 
Maybe Keeping my eyes closed was just a form of self-impair 
I’m staring at a little box that holds my mother’s ashes 
And I close my eyes but its still there 
Yes I close my eyes but its still there

Just Close Your Eyes And It's Not There

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Just Close Your Eyes And It's Not There

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