Drabble 37
See
Seeing is the easiest thing in the world.
It's the first thing we do as babies. We come out of the womb, open our eyes, and catch our first glimpse of the world.
At this point, our seeing is as pure as it ever will be in our lives. We have no bias and we don't see only what we expect to see. We see everything in front of our eyes.
As time goes by, however, things cloud our vision. Thoughts, lies we've been told, experiences… These all make it impossible for us to see what is actually in front of us.
This clouded kind of seeing is a lot harder than the kind we experience as babies. Yet we do it anyway, time and time again.
Sometimes we don't see what is directly in front of our eyes because we have been fed lie after lie. This is sad, but unbelievably common.
If you don't believe me, look at Logan Wright.
Julian Larson is staring at him, which is a common custom for him, and Logan catches him.
Julian's face turns beet red and he looks away quickly.
Logan just gives him a confused look and turns back to the teacher lecturing the class on the use of present tense in a term paper.
Logan's been fed a lie again and again that makes him miss the fact that Julian clearly loves him. So he doesn't see what's there – he sees what he thinks is there.
As I said before, it is unbelievably common.