Eyelids

a poem by Tony Gill

Your eyelids shield you from the world
Just close them and you fall away
They make you sleep, and keep you awake
They control you, a blanket from truth

Without them you cannot dream
And dreams are fantasies, they want you to believe
Your eyelids make the world go dark
When there is so much light to see

Damn my eyelids, I want to see
Involuntary lies, I can’t stop you, I need you
You encircle me in darkness
And make my world swallow itself