In the world we see with our eyes
there are no possibilities.
The old order just ticks on
each movement of the second hand
like the fall of a hammer.

We tell ourselves we love the truth
more than we love life itself.
But we wrap ourselves in lies.
Every time we are on the verge of tearing them away
we tell ourselves there is no other way.
We hold back.

But the second hand moves on.
Our doom grinds nearer.
Order is about to give way to confusion.
Lies won't protect.
Then what will we see?

Be ready, you naked ones
you who have been stripped of your humanity
you who have been denied the comfort of lies
you whose hearts have been not just broken
but pulverized
you who have been schooled by hate
to hate lies
the time is coming.
Open new eyes.
Be ready.