Boring Brown

I always wanted deep blue eyes Or the green of forestry But all I got was boring brown As plain as plain could be. Boring brown and dark as earth With not a hint of light Not bright or spark could ever be In eyes as dark as mine Till one day, I met a girl With the brightest eyes I’ve seen They shone right through the darkness And shined as brilliant as stars could be But her soul within had lost all light And her veins would flow with ice Her heart beat not for love nor hope And her blue eyes would never bleed I realized now I’d rather have The eyes as dark as mine That proved my soul could still be seen Behind the drapes it hides So I wished not For forestry Or the oceans of the deep Instead I wished Others would see The life and soul in me