Your mind efficiently processes
Every word out of every mouth
While your own is unmoving.
Your ears are attracted to the sound
Of hushed conversations and arguments
Whose participants hide behind
A curtain of silence upon noticing your presence
You see everything, but none
See you, an omniscient mortal,
Whose vision rivals the gods.
Your eyes pick up on body language
Which reveals the hidden intentions
Of liars and manipulators
So you are not taken advantage of.
This is the life you choose
As the stealthy observer
Until the day when your eyes are shrouded
And your ears are quieted
When you become the observed.
