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Swollen Eyes

She looked at the mirror
She took in her swollen eyes
Puffy from last night's tears
Swollen eyes
Reflecting her swollen heart
Swollen from too much scar tissue
Swollen from the surge of emotions
That had expanded its walls to near breaking

She listlessly dabbed at her eyes with some water
Eyes that had been called beautiful
Captivating
Bewitching
Enticing
Alluring
Now….an awful mess

She looked at her face
Sighing
She crawled back to her bed
To nurse her pain
To regain hours
Stolen away
From last night’s sleep
And somewhere there
In her swollen heart
A little fissure appeared
Imperceptible to her
And the overflow of emotions
The overflow of blood
Found release
Drop by drop
Bit by bit
A growing trickle
While she slept
While she wept
Her life drained away
While she cursed the day
She was born
Not realizing
That she would not live to see another morn
Her little heart would rest
Her little eyes would close

Swollen eyes
Swollen heart
No more....
Her beauty restored
In a land where
Betrayal would be no more

Eileen Manassian Ghali

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Bl Devnath

Date: 1/11/2014 10:10:00 AM

Beautiful realization in the core of swollen heart adorned with excellent rhythm. Every drop depicts a sensational picture here. Loved always, my friend, bl

Eileen Manassian
Date: 1/12/2014 9:35:00 PM

Thank you for this lovely post, which in itself, is very poetic and sweet. BL...your continued support is so encouraging. Thank you!

Liam Mcdaid

Date: 1/8/2014 8:28:00 AM

HEARTFELT BEAUTIFULLY PENNED EILEEN

Eileen Manassian
Date: 1/8/2014 8:30:00 AM

Awwwwww....Liam...here you are! :) Thanks for the post, my dear. I hope that means there is another romantic poem I can sink my teeth into.... Thanks for stopping by!

Richard Lamoureux

Date: 1/7/2014 8:03:00 AM

I believe I have read this one before. It is very well expressed and makes me sad, I don't want to be sad. Will a hug help? I know it will help me.

Eileen Manassian
Date: 1/7/2014 8:51:00 AM

No, my dear. It is new....however since the theme is a depressing one....perhaps it FEELS like you've read it before. Oh dear....I guess a lot of my work is rather depressing. I wrote something on suicide a while back, but I deleted that one....I don't know if you read that or not...anyway...point is...YES, a hug would help....Thanks ever so much! Please don't be sad.....