“My Blue Eyes”
When I first woke up
I saw my eyes were blue
and this was good
Ten years later I saw beyond them
My blue eyes are like the lake I grew up on
It holds all, It knows all
But I could never see it
Even though it sat right before me
That lake still makes my stomach churn
Churn in a horrifying way
Churn as a reminder that
I can never be seven again
Never again will I be eleven
I was only fourteen once
I cannot go back
I want to cry
No, I want to weep
That’s more eloquent
These blue eyes
My blue eyes
They want to sob
I ask for my mom
Where is my mom?
She gave me these blue eyes
They look just like her’s
Why are my eyes so blue
like that lake I grew up on?
These eyes have seen so little
They’ve taken in not much.
Why, then, are they so heavy?
Destinted to hold all
Doomed to never let me know
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