Perception

Perception promises truth.
But truth bends inside the frame.

Perception claims to be neutral.
But neutrality hides its choice of angle.

Perception swears it shows reality.
But reality dissolves in the act of seeing.

Perception insists it is shared.
But no two eyes ever carry the same weight.

Perception calls itself evidence.
But evidence collapses under another gaze.

Perception pretends to unite.
But unity fractures at the first misalignment.

Perception demands trust.
But trust ignores what is unseen.

Perception says it reveals.
But revelation is only a mask of light.

Perception feeds on memory.
But memory reshapes what was never fixed.

Perception claims eternity.
But eternity shatters in the blink of an eye.