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It's the eyes,
they always tell a story
Even in the darkest times,
the eyes hold pride and glory
When they're empty
there are plenty
As the lonely
seem to stick around

I do see smiles,
I can hear laughs
Yet it's the eyes
that always cry
They carry a weight
in bags, a trait
I always say
is not evidence that
I'm tired

If I'm not wrong,
eyes don't belong
on your head
forever exposed

Forever exposed
to all of those
who seek to
figure you out

Although I'm glad,
they are my weakness
Many I've seen
could have been
less than signs of kindness
Understanding why
we lose that light in our eye
was never an ambition of mine
No longer can I see the sunrise
or enjoy the sunset
A blinding iridescent glow
coruscating in my eyes is all I get
Nothing tastes the way it did before
and music doesn't evoke happiness
I don't feel like living anymore;
life and it's tasteless tackiness
Perception
Keeping positive is hard for me
I do what I'm good at not best at
A shadow of the man I used to be
I say what I think, not mean, I get that
Words are powerful things to see
Hear, ignore, twist and use to interact
I'm not worthy of my vocabulary
Wasting away talents I didn't choose
My life is like this poem, not necessary
Off track and has no real use
...
"If my life was a piece of tapestry, words would almost definitely be the threads to form this picture."
Quote is my own.
If I told you
I'll have to die to forget you
Could you walk away and pretend
I never met you?
She was always beside me
Whispering in my ear
pull the trigger
...
"If to forget her is to meet death
then there's nothing left to fear"
Be fearless in love.






Quote is my own.
An old piece I posted on facebook five years ago today. Found on my memories and Re-edited for Hello Poetry.
One hundred and something beats per minute,
A happy tune to keep me
with it
As I stare out of the bus window
In-ear phones cancelling out,
The ambient sounds
Of busy Cambridge City
Always enjoying the diversity
Finally seeing the love

On Victoria avenue,
I saw two little girls
Sat on a tree branch together
Dangling as it flexed,
Over Jesus green
Probably siblings
Maybe even friends
I felt their feelings
Even on this crowded journey

I long for forms of childhood
Carelessness and joy
I long for companionship
Brotherly and sisterly love
I long for happiness
Smiles and sunshine forever
Maybe I've found it
When you finally see what you were looking at all along.
(A new style for me)
to exceed and to excel
to be better than expected, to perform exceptionally well
to impede and to impel
to delay or prevent, to drive forward; propel
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