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Their Eyes

There was a man on the bus

today

with hostile eyes...

steely blue and suspicious.

 

The thirty something woman

across from me;

with black eye and split lip,

her's were wet with tears and fear.

 

A young couple

only had eyes for each other.

Glistening

with love and desire.

 

The bigot’s eyes

were all a glower;

hostile and condemning...

The couple was interracial.

 

The old woman’s eyes

tired with many years,

looked back with memories

and forward to release.

 

The little child’s eyes

wide with wonder

took everything in,

grist for the mill.

 

As I wander from

face to face,

I wonder what stories

my eyes offer?

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stratton-wayne-stclair
64 / M / American
Published
Jan 3, 2013
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