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your eyes

01-27-2012 at 10:17:46 AM

your eyes

Your Eyes-

In your eyes I see
Small oceans staring back at me
Wonder not quite died
Pain, adrenaline
And the feared dark tide
In your eyes I can dive
Deeper but only to a point

When you cry I crave to know
What it takes to tap your soul
Feelings that make you tick
Cause the tears which drip
From my face onto the pillow
Close to your body but alone
A million fathoms

Night revives the cling
The temporary cling
But daylight swashes
Anything real
It kills and washes
Up dry and sealed
To untie again some other life

If I feel physically as if the top of my head were taken off, I know that is poetry.

Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) American poet.