you think
it stands in the way
casts a shadow
keeps you from seeing
what you need or want to see
a rude interloper
obscuring the truth
when the truth is
truth can make your eyes sting
and water, burn the tender tissue
that lets you see at all.
some things cannot be looked at
without something in the way
to make it safe to see
poem (c) 2015 D. Ohlandt
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