Through new eyes

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The wealth I had
came from the pleasure
in your eyes

Now bankrupt
These piles of glittered gems
Won't ever sparkle like them.


Truth has its ways

And in an instant

the colour of my world

left with the light


Now your eyes ever Vacant,

Cold as the dullest steel

They won't see me like they used to 


You Won't hear the echoes
Of my calling,

or the dire pain of my deep remorse


You left this place
When I allowed myself to fall
And break your heart

my beautiful a'mour


Now, I sit like a beggar and a thief

Stripped of any value or respect
With new eyes peering at me.


Mine as empty as regret
vacant as the day
you saw me risk your heart.


I sit here again and again
With this pile of glittered gems
Falling through my palms;
They don't sparkle like your eyes.


Nothing compared to
the riches I was used to.
If only I could choose again
through these new eyes.

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jessie2376's picture

Wow...i love ur work...u dont

Wow...i love ur work...u dont hide behind shit like too much imagery and fake prose...mad props esp. This one really cut me deep...we dont know what we got till its gone

Beavis's picture

Simply amazing!

You know what they say about eyes...

"Now, I sit like a beggar and a thief

Stripped of any value or respect"

Only the fool has eyes that perceive this scene;-)

nightlight1220's picture

When we develop the raw gut

When we develop the raw gut self-honesty to face that the spark we see in our dearest friends and family's eyes, is but a reflection of some part of our own, we can only then open the Pandora's Box of our indwelling connection to Divine Intelligence. Wheter it be dull and lifeless, or shimmering with untold beauty and grace, it is ourselves speaking to us to take notice of that and work on it, or let it shine!

 

Never regret!!


...and he asked her, "do you write poetry? Because I feel as if I am the ink that flows from your quill."

"No", she replied, "but I have experienced it. "

 

SSmoothie's picture

How true, yes never regret!

How true, yes never regret! Keep writing i am so enjoying your works! :) cheers SS 


Don't let any one shake your dream stars from your eyes, lest your soul Come away with them! -SS    

"Well, it's love, but not as we know it."

Poetic_Eyes's picture

ssmoothie

smoothie...this is another masterpiece. it has depth, emotion, creativity, imagery, and a style only you can pull off. how you can write and have so much talent...i don't know, but i'm glad i get to read it and you have enough strength to share. it's not always easy to write, express yourself, or share your work.

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Oh poetic eyes, when someone

Oh poetic eyes, when someone who writes like you, says such lovely things you make my world lovely and bright! Luv u hugss ! Great to see you back! :D 


Don't let any one shake your dream stars from your eyes, lest your soul Come away with them! -SS    

"Well, it's love, but not as we know it."

mrpoofs's picture

if only if only...as long as

if only if only...as long as you're not lonely. great write per diem.

osiriss-'s picture

eloquent words - i really

eloquent words - i really like this one ss

SSmoothie's picture

Eloquent?  i never thought of

Eloquent? 

i never thought of myself as eloquent it has always been something for me to aspire to this means so much coming from one as eloquent as you! Thankyou! Tight hugss SS 


Don't let any one shake your dream stars from your eyes, lest your soul Come away with them! -SS    

"Well, it's love, but not as we know it."