Have you ever looked into my eyes?
If you have, have you seen true happiness in them?
Or did you see suppressed sadness?
You cannot see you're reflection in my eyes,
For they are already filled with pain and sorrow.
Have you ever looked into my eyes?
Did you have to look away again?
As the sorrow overpowered you?
Or did you keep looking,
Your own eyes reflecting my pain and sorrow.
Have you ever looked into my eyes?
Have you seen the beauty and love of life?
Or did you see my longing to die?
Do you sit and wonder why, or do you know?
Have you ever looked into my eyes?
If you have, you've seen my pain.
And you know why I feel anger and rage.
For you feel the way I do.
If you've ever looked into my eyes.
I dream of Angels... yet I live with demons
Poetry for the modern teenager
Tabitha (Rabisa) Stoner
Published by iUniverse in 2008
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