Patrick Kelly Poet Rhyme

Pale Green Eyes

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                                              I woke on Sunday morning to see,
                                              the gaze of a man looking back at me.
                                              A man whose life was lost in fears
                                              shattered dreams and wasted years.
                                              A man whose weathered face and
                                              callused hands bore dark shadows
                                              and wrinkled skin.
                                              I stared into those pale green eyes
                                              saw the pain, each held inside.
                                              So filled with hurt and deep despair
                                              I stood in silence and watched him there
                                             The down side of life in that room where he slept
                                              I turned from the mirror and wept

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Deb M January 17, 2022 at 5:59 AM Wow Patrick that is so very beautiful and so well written. I love it! Debx Patrick Kelly January 20, 2022 at 12:04 PM Thanks Deb, I notice that you are a writing machine. I try to read you and others most nights. I like to hear from Down Under, just makes the world smaller. Hard to believe. Write more with the Aussie flavor. I bloody like like it.