There is more to man than meets the eye

"When she saw the one shining bright from afar

She couldn't help but exclaim, Oh what a star!

From a distance his condition was mint

Style and substance, fresh like peppermint

So she said to herself, this one looks so good

I would bear their child and catch a grenade for them, touch wood

The type I can introduce to granny and my mother

My teacher, my sister, my brother, even my father

Then they opened their mouths and when they spoke

All the gauges blinked red, she asked, Is this a joke?

Alas, there is more than meets the eye

The mind and soul have meters we cant deny

What the eyes were seeing and the mind was reading

Were so at war, sight and thought went debating

I like what I see and seeing is believing

I dont like what I think, and thinking is everything

But what I see is clear, tangible and conclusive

No, what you see is evidence that is concise but elusive

Until I imbue it with thinking to make it constructive

Looks are deceiving, so be attentive, be pensive

Dissect the evidence before you with the scalpel of a surgeon

Rid it of its flavour like skinless Kentucky fried chicken

The labels and decoration are oft obstructive to reason

See each for who they are. Listen and observe the person

But what more is there to know when the eyes have seen?

What dirt could there be if the eyes declare it is clean?

I know this to be true, though it may cause you unease

I have journeyed the wide world and seven seas

Pretty impressions oft harbour fleas and unseen disease
That was the soul speaking with calm and ease

Distant lands look green and awash with peace

And new friends seem nicer and more eager to please

Man or woman, old friends and new lovers beware

This journey is fraught with many a false care

Value that which you hold as you go ahead

Down the garden path, do not be blindly led

For you can’t judge a book by its cover

You can’t judge a man by his clobber

Ignoramuses and imbeciles too can have swagger

But by their words and deeds you'll know their true colour"

-Kwasi Kyei Darkwah, MA


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