I've walked these streets

a virtual stage

it seemed to me

make up on their faces

actors took their

places next to me



I've walked these streets

in a carnival

of sights to see

all the cheap thrill seekers

the vendors & the dealers

they crowded around me



have I been blind

have I been lost

inside myself and

my own mind

hypnotized

mesmerized

by what my eyes have seen?



I've walked these streets

In a spectacle of wealth & poverty

in the diamond markets

the scarlet welcome carpet

that they just rolled out for me



I've walked these streets

in the mad house asylum

they can be

where a wild eyed misfit prophet

on a traffic island stopped

and he raved of saving me



have I been blind

have I been lost

inside myself and

my own mind

hypnotized

mesmerized

by what my eyes have seen?



have I been wrong

have I been wise

to shut my eyes

and play along

hypnotized

paralyzed

by what my eyes have found?

by what my eyes have seen

what they have seen?



have I been blind

have I been lost

have I been wrong

have I been wise

have I been strong

have I been

hypnotized

mesmerized

by what my eyes have found

in that great street carnival

in that carnival?