Trevor Scott Barton
Galileo

"I
do
not feel
obliged to
believe the same God
who has endowed us with senses,
reason, intellect has intended us to forgo

their use. If the ancient philosophers had seen what we see, they'd have judged as we judge."

Locked
in
his house
under guard,
the stars in his eyes
went out. He who could see went blind.

Truth
sees.
Three hundred
fifty-nine years passed,
he was sentenced, he was pardoned.

Blind
eyes
opened.
Oh genius,
star that guide us still.