My left eye sees the honest things A puddle, sky, a skipping stone It watches birds with steady wings And knows which socks are not my own
It can spot a single tear It sees the cracks behind a smile It knows what’s honest, sharp, and clear It watches quiet all the while
My right eye is full of play It sees a dragon in a tree It turns a puddle into a bay And swears that squirrels drink cups of tea
It just loves to tell tall tales It sees a boat where there’s a shoe It sees dancing trees and talking snails And paints the sky a deeper blue
One eye will whisper, “That is so.” It points to facts and steady ground The other shouts, “A UFO!” Whenever leaves go swirling ’round
Together, though, they share my face And show a world both strange and true Where clocks might melt and flowers race But love still fits in every view
Together they both guide my heart One by the truth, one by surprise Between the lines of what’s been said I see the world with twin-born eyes
I have been working on this write over 2 years and it still is not perfect to me but posting anyway to let it go and then perhaps it will spark later and be finished correctly.
I wanted to work with the concept of someone whos left eye sees only truth and their right eye sees only lies.