I took off my glasses <br />that I might see <br />I took off my shoes <br />that I might be <br /> <br />The one I was in search of <br />The one I never had <br />The one that by finding <br />I would be so glad <br /> <br />I took off my watch <br />so I wouldn't know the time <br />I took off to nature <br />hoping to find the sign <br /> <br />The one I was in search of <br />The one I never had <br />The one that by finding <br />I would be so glad <br /> <br />I started to take of my clothes <br />I thought the last distraction <br />Then luckily I realized - - - <br />This is just a poem- - - an abstraction<br /><br />Tom J. Mariani<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/1968-talking-about-the-revolution/