THE THEATRE OF IRONY
jerry KWATCHEY@kwatcheyjerry128608
4 days ago
#poetry
THE THEATRE OF IRONY
“Some mirrors are only clear when they face outward.”
Irony is a strange theatre of the human mind.
It is watching the devil you know
the one who wounds without pause,
whose words fall like cold rain on bare skin
suddenly soften at the sight of another’s suffering.
His voice lowers.
His head shakes in quiet disapproval.
His face folds into sympathy.
He offers condolences with the gentleness of a priest.
And you stand there…
Silent.
Blinking rapidly,
your mind struggling to load the scene
as if reality itself has begun buffering.
Because the man condemning cruelty
is the same man
who practices it with effortless routine.
In that moment the world feels slightly tilted.
Not because cruelty exists
that truth is old.
But because the human mind
possesses a remarkable talent:
To recognize darkness everywhere
except within its own shadow.
And so the theatre continues.
The actor mourns the villain
while wearing the costume himself.
And the audience
those who know the script too well
can only watch in quiet disbelief.
Because some mirrors in life
are always held outward…
Never inward.
A Reflection from the SIMU Collection.
