Our Eyes

Our eyes may change,
They mirror the soul
They tell the truth we sometimes are too afraid to speak

Your eyes held lust,
A perverted wanting in them
They held greed and malice
They twinkled from the crack
Glimmered from the liquor

Mine held a terrifying innocence
A longing to be accepted 
A thirst for love
To be acknowledged and wanted 
They held the desire to exist 

But you changed all that
You gave me all that I wanted 
You made me feel loved, as if my existence mattered 
In exchange, I quenched your perverted thirst 
I sacrificed my virtue, just to exist
Because in your eyes, I was wanted and  needed
I was the flame in your eyes 

The time has passed
Yet your eyes still remain the same 
Wild, perverted, sinister 
Your soul is still the same 
The same as when I idolized you 
The same as when I looked up to you
The same as when I trusted you
The same as when I was too blind to see the truth 

Mine have changed however 
There's no innocence nor light in minde
My eyes are cold and dead 
Freezing hate and tears unshed
Sorrow from betrayal
Pain from solitude
Fury from denial
And hatred from life 

Our eyes, they mirror the soul
And the secrets within 
While you rot in a cell with a corrupted soul intact 
Mine crumbles to pieces 
As this cold realization eats me away;
I was nothing more than the idiot boy who was your sex toy in your eyes
But you to me, are nothing more than the pig who opened my eyes to hatred
Copyright © | Year Posted 2016


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Date: 4/7/2016 12:55:00 AM
Good god, you sound like me... How I feel your words. I have walked this earth with black pits instead of eyes. This darkness that causes hatred to fill us up. How else can we be when this evil is all we've known. A 7 well deserved.
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Date: 3/27/2016 2:46:00 PM
Very well put. There is a lot of emotion expressed.
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Javier Garza
Date: 3/27/2016 4:14:00 PM
Why thank you
Date: 3/27/2016 1:53:00 PM
Powerful, Javier...Very, very powerful! All healing begins with a single word...Just as a long journey begins with a single step. It would appear that first step has now been taken. All the very best, Javier...And a peaceful and content Easter. :) john
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Javier Garza
Date: 3/27/2016 3:43:00 PM
Well the poem embodies old thoughts but a friend inspired this one and I just had to write it. I'm quite happy now and I just now realized it's Easter ^.^ happy Easter to you too John
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