Gaze

Some things 
force one's gaze down
to see even more of ourselves.
Surely that is easier than
seeing the rejection, fear and sadness
in a fellow human's eyes.

Some things
force one's gaze out
Defiance as a fist:
as if the eye could push away;
Grace as a handshake:
accepting that we can't afford,
but offering anyway.

Some things
force one's gaze up:
Worship, need, dependance, questioning:
conversations and mud fights
with God.

Sight begins inside,
accelerating from the x axis in avoidance
perpendicular to the y axis in defiance, acceptance.
You can trace the gaze back to the heart.

The fulcrum of our circumstances
with the counterweight of self, or selflessness,
determines the degree of our gaze.