The document describes opening one's eyes for the first time after having them sewn shut for years. All the sights are overwhelming as images bombard the mind at high speed in every color. What was once known no longer makes sense. The heart feels like it will burst as the mind tries to process it all. Amid the chaos of flashing colors, a single, soft pulsing light stands out from the crowd. It is simple, pure and curious, unlike the other frantic lights. This light draws the person near, revealing everything yet offering no answers. As they approach, it fills their entire being.

1. OPENE MIND
Israel Trouillefou
Imagine opening your eyes for the very first time
after living with them sewn shut for years
by your own accord...by angry words... by pain
Now the sights are overwhelming and it is a struggle
to try and take it all in as it comes to you at a million
miles an hour in every color and every shade therein
What you thought you knew shatters your world
Your heart may feel it will burst as your mind nearly
shuts down desperately trying to sort the images
shot out of life's multiple cannons in sequential rounds
There is no time to reject or judge and no way to label
Colors swirling around your head are relentless
and fill you to the brim with their fire and dance
But out of the crowd of dashing lights is a single strobe
A softer glow gently pulsating against the grain of spilled
paint splatters and garish pretentious vivid flashes
This light... this color is simple...pure...curious...
It does not move with the pace of the rest nor does
it keep a single tone...instead... a gentle beating pulse
You can not take your eyes away and it seems the only
light you now see as the others fade into the walls
of the tunnel that frames the glow in the center of your mind
It draws you near and you follow...it reveals everything
but offers no answers...and no clues...yet it is so very familiar
And the closer you approach the more vibrant it becomes
until it fills your entire sense of living...breathing...and being
now....what is the light to you?