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
Copyright © Eileen Manassian | Year Posted 2014
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