Join for FREE | Take the Tour Lost Password?
Shop deviantART for the
holidays and save BIG!
Click here! :holly:
[x]

deviantART

:blowkiss:
 

Lend My Eyes by ~berniethegiraffe:iconberniethegiraffe:

Categories Literature > Poetry > Old Poetry Structure > Emotional




If only I could lend my eyes
Seeing someone elses lies
The tears within a memory
And the lashes fallen, die
I do not want them
I am tired of being dirt
I want the ocean
I want the forest
I want the cloudy sky
If only I could lend my eyes
Yet they are always true
I cannot hide that I am blue
A swelling sadness
An anger shining through
No one can see
No one is looking
I am fine
Fine with being dirt
I do not want the ocean
Nor the forest
Nor the cloudy sky
I shall not lend my eyes
None shall see my lies
I choose to hide
Forgive me...
©2003-2009 ~berniethegiraffe
:iconberniethegiraffe:

Author's Comments

I wrote this just moments ago after looking at a picture of my eyes. I have always disliked the fact that they are brown...and this poem reflects that. But I have come to a revelation....a new understanding you could say. I remember in one of my classes we had to do an activity in which we looked into everyones eyes for like two minutes with dead silence. It was then that I realized how powerful it was to truly look at someone, to REALLY see them, past all the masks. I had to honestly hold back my tears, for the emotions were so powerful. And with that I say....look into someone. Take a moment to look into their eyes....and not just at them. Because it is their that we all hide....it's just a matter of taking the time to look...

-Bernie:heart:

Oh.....and the picture that I used for this is a crop of one of my deviations. I thought it fit quite well with the poem.

Comments


love 0 0 joy 0 0 wow 0 0 mad 0 0 sad 0 0 fear 0 0 neutral 0 0
:iconsilentdark:
~silentdark Dec 29, 2003, 1:57:35 AM
Nice and simple, and I think this gets across the message that you wanted. +fav.
:iconberniethegiraffe:
~berniethegiraffe Dec 29, 2003, 2:03:07 AM
Wow.....thank you so much my friend. :D

-Bernie:heart:

--
As iron sharpens iron,
So one man sharpens another
-Proverbs 27:17

"Ah man, tell me who knew, that simply being content was the dream come true."
-John Reuben
:icontarsh:
~tarsh Dec 29, 2003, 2:16:15 AM
beautiful. :+fav:

--
--------------
Tarsh Fletcher - moronic.org
:iconcitizenerased:
~citizenerased Dec 29, 2003, 2:34:37 AM
I know Ive had a similar experience once.When I looked closely into the eye of my sweetness this summer and.I wanted to cry because of the simple beauty of that moment.To be alive ,a human .. breathing and being able to look into the eyes of someone who loves me.Thats an amazing feeling.
Being alive is.Sometimes I wake up in the morning and my heartbeat is highspeed just because of realizing that i live.

I always enjoy coming to your site.Its like living life about a hundred times more intensive for a moment.

And this is a great poem.I just have the feeling that everything you do comes out of your mind for a natural reason,while most people try to force themselves into a certai n shell or costume..you dont have to.Because you are amazing the way you are.

nova

--
And I stood.On the hill and realized there were two nightskies.The one above me.And the one under me,the city.With the thousand sparkling lights.And both were just as hard to explain.
Visual Me :iconcitizenvisuelle:
:iconpluggedinbaby:
~pluggedinbaby Dec 29, 2003, 3:01:09 AM
Wow really emotional and meaningful ^^

You look like my ex-boyfriend :O_o:

--
"I put Smarties tubes... empty Smarties tubes on my cat's feet, and make him walk around like a robot."
:iconmunkee1:
`Munkee1 Dec 29, 2003, 6:05:21 AM
Powerful and emotional. Well written, gets to the point and grabs the reader. :clap:

--
My photos are not for beating your dick to. Thanks for the cooperation.

`Munkee1 Luffs *NerfDildo™ Forever!!!!1111!!!!

:aww:
:iconxcrestfallenx:
~xcrestfallenx Dec 29, 2003, 8:31:29 AM
i likw how u used the nature instead of saying blue or green . the rhyming was a litttle random and bugged me. but awsome work.
:iconxtremefusion:
~xtremefusion Dec 29, 2003, 9:42:02 AM
of all the self portraits, i have finally rested my eyes on this..coincidentally, it has an eye in it too! well written poem and this would go to my :+fav: list..:heart: it

--
"Flatter me, and I may not believe you. Criticize me, and I may not like you. Ignore me, and I may not forgive you. Encourage me, and I will not forget you."

William Arthur Ward

Visit me here
:iconswizzie:
~SwiZzIe Dec 29, 2003, 2:25:50 PM
beautiful poem... made me think... I've always wished to have blue eyes too...

I really like your poetry....

:hug:

--
x
Previous Page123Next Page

Details

December 29, 2003
778 bytes
118 KB
267×321

Statistics

27
19 [who?]
456 (0 today)
173 (0 today)

Share

Link
Thumb

Site Map

©2009 deviantART. All rights reserved
About Us | Contact Us | Site Tour | Help & FAQ Advertise | Services Etiquette | Privacy Policy | Terms of Service | Copyright Policy