Can you believe your eyes? Tom Cronin MD Class of 2024 Can you believe your eyes?
The eyes, perhaps more simple are the last bastion of truth, betraying what the
Or better the brain, the one who perceives?
face and mouth have to say.
Yet, the eyes extend out from the brain, you see.
Conveying their own emotions, the eyes can only
In a way they are the same.
show what they are.
Wonders existing within the realm of
A place where there is no guile, where the most
understanding.
intimate connection is made.
Unknowns still in the territory of magic.
Uninvited, it is a threat. A connection by chance,
They conflict regularly like brothers,
of oneself.
clashing and trading deference,
Eyes see the world but more importantly they see
Creating dissonance. Who can you trust? The brain: a great creator
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Of stories, of ideas, of love, of lies.
an embarrassment. With intent, a great surrender
others. The brain knows the sum total of human knowledge, but the eyes know the soul.
