Panopticon
We live our lives in public,
Ev’ry time we step outside our door –
We’re on-display when popping to the store.
We navigate the common space
Past ever-watching spies,
Upon the CCTV captures of a hundred people’s eyes.
We live our lives wide-open,
Ev’ry time we talk to one another –
Ev’ry little action slips the cover.
We might as well be on the stage,
And naked to our soul –
And yet in truth we are audience far more than leading role.
For we live our lives in public,
Watching all our fellow-humans live –
For all to see – they cannot help but give.
We’re just another passing glance,
Our mutual selves unfurled –
And so the world performs, the world looks-on – and we are of the world.
Rhyming Couplets 