Enlightenment and the cave.

Within a cave.
Lives a man.
A prisoner chained.
In darkness he lusts for light.
The dream of a vivid reality.
Today.
Truth is the shadows.
Poor, staunch imitations of enlightenment.

The weary prisoner escapes.
Steps away, a gleaming promise.
The promise of a vivid reality.
The shadows lie.
They are art.
Gestures of kinship.
Insurmountable.

Enlightenment begets blindness.
Especially from those in darkness.
Temporary.
Unforgettable.
Eyes adjust.
Truth unescapable.
Surreal.
Perfect.
Temporary.

Back to the cave, he is taken.
Darkness prevails.
Blind again.
Temporarily.
Eyes will inevitably adjust.