Afghanistans People the Eyes Tell It
Afghanistan’s People
The Eyes Tell It
By: Tom Wright
1/7/02
Eyes that search for help
But relief they seldom see,
Eyes that cannot again weep,
For tears, long dried are not to be.
Eyes that are quickly betraying
The forlornness of a hopeless life,
Eyes transmitting the anguish
From a life long on war and strife.
Eyes that penetrate, but place no merit,
On life oft passed in utter darkness,
Eyes denouncing that none exists,
Beholding life, as an interlude in starkness.
Eyes observing others free born lives
Both the ridiculous and sublime,
Eyes, that to me appears translucent,
As having been inhaled by time.
Copyright © Tom Wright | Year Posted 2019
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