Dad You Look So Deep Into My Eyes
EYES
DAD,
YOU LOOK SO DEEP INTO MY EYES,
AS IF YOU SEEK MY SOUL,
I KNOW,
IT BOTHERS YOU AND ME
FOR WHOM I SEEK CANNOT BE THERE,
IS HE,
OR ANYWHERE?
BUT IN THE UNRESOLVED
DEPTH OR SHALLOW PART OF ME
AS I WANDER, WONDER
AND I ALWAYS LOOK
TO SEE IF YOU HURT AS ME
CAN I SEE THE CONNECTION? ,
IS IT A GIFT, TO SEE OTHERS PAIN?
WHAT THE GAIN,
THE OLD REFRAIN.
SEEING, SEEKING, THEIRS, TO COVER MINE,
THE URGE TO RESCUE YOU
INSTEAD OF ME
CAN IT BE A GIFT OR BURDEN?
ARE THEY THE SAME
I KNOW IN THE EYES I SEEK,
THE ANSWER IS, OBVIOUSLY,
THE LOVE OF ME
THAT I COULD NEVER FIND
EVAN THOUGH IT WAS THERE
HIDDEN BEHIND THOSE DEEP SET
AND DARK BROWN EYES
AMONGST THE TRUTH AND LIES
NOW IT COMES TO THIS
CAN I RESCUE YOU OR HE
IS THIS THE ME
I’M SUPPOSED TO BE
THE RESCUER, WHO SEEKS
HIS WHAT IN YOUR WHERE
MY TRUTH, ISN’T THERE
IT’S
ISN’T IT?
IN CREATIVITY
CAN I LEND A HAND
AND REACH A SOUL
BY TELLING A STORY
THAT COMES FROM OUT MY TRUTH
THEY MAY NOT UNDERSTAND
NEVER MIND,
TYPE AND PRINT
BE GLAD THE STORIES TOLD
ARE OF MOST IMPORT TO ME
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