To see the reality you just have to open your eyes

by Jonathan Becedas

In front of life
 in the wrong place,
 at the inaccurate moment:
 a light in the dark
 of my thoughts,
 a sweet chill,
 a heartbeat in the nape.

 The juice of the apple
 runs down my chin,
 because I dared,
 and now I see the truth:
 everything is wrong
 and not the other way around,
 as they made me see.

 I discovered the secret,
 I opened the trapdoor,
 I was bitten by the snake,
 I breathed underwater
 and I saw in the darkness:
 behind fear
 there was life.

 But everything was there:
 just in front
 so it could not be seen
 with eyes closed,
 because to see the reality
 you just have to open your eyes.