“I SEE MYSELF THROUGH DIFFERENT EYES”

EYES THAT ARE BEAUTIFUL,

EYES THAT ARE BROWN,

EYES THAT CAN CARRY HAPPINESS,

EYES THAT CAN CARRY A TOWN,

THE STRENGTH OF THESE EYES,

THE SORROW THEY HIDE,

THE HURT THAT THEY FEEL,

SOME TIMES I LET SOME INSIDE,

RIGHT BACK OUT THEY COME THOUGH,

THEY’VE EXITED OUTSIDE,

MY TEAR DUCTS BECAME THEIR OWN JOY RIDE,

I SEE MYSELF IN A MIRROR,

OFTEN TIMES I’VE STOOD THERE AND CRIED,

I GROW QUITE FATIGUED,

SO I FALL TO MY KNEES WITH PLEAS,

AND NO ONE IN THE MIRROR EVER REPLIED,

GET UP YOUNG MAN,

PUT YOUR HANDS TO THE SKY,

MERCY IS UPON YOU – YOU WILL NOT BE DENIED,

SO MANY BLESSINGS,

ALL YOUR ANGER, YOUR FAULTS, I FORGIVE YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR LIES,

DESPITE ALL THE FORGIVENESS,

I STILL SEE MYSELF THROUGH VERY DIFFERENT EYES,

STARTED OFF BLUE, AND NOW THEY ARE BROWN AND GREEN,

MY HEART IS POUNDING FAST – FOR YOU I WILL DO EVERY SINGLE THING,

WITH THREE SETS MORE OF LIGHT BROWN EYES,

I WATCH THE GROWTH OF MY SON AND DAUGHTERS WITH EYES THAT ARE NOW WISE,

SUSPICIOUS OF EVERYONE SO I KEEP MY EYES OPEN WIDE,

IF LOOKS COULD KILL THEN MINE WOULD DEFINITELY BE DESPISED,

AT TIMES THEY ARE SQUINTED AS A SIGN OF CHASTISE,

THE BOND I SEE AND HOLD WILL NOT COMPROMISED,

THE HORRIBLE MEMORIES OF THE PAST SOMETIMES I CANNOT DENY,

I FEEL LIKE I AM RUNNING IN DARKNESS AND JUST STOP, KNEEL DOWN, AND STILL FEEL AS IF I CAN HIDE,

CUTTING OFF WHAT I THOUGHT WERE FOREVER CLOSE TIES,

WHEN I NEEDED YOUR LOVE YOU TOLD ME YOU WERE FRESH OUT OF SUPPLIES,

MY WHOLE WORLD I HAD TO REVISE,

CHAPTERS THAT BECAME LESSONS IN DISGUISE,

SOME DECISIONS I MADE ULTIMATELY LEAD TO MY DEMISE,

I ROSE UP AGAIN AND WILL NOT IN THE COURT OF THE PEOPLE EVER BE RETRIED,

THIS GAME OF LIFE IS FILLED WITH DECEIT THAT YOU MUST IMPROVISE,

TO MY CHILDREN I LOVE YOU ALWAYS AND FOREVER WILL SEEK THE MESSAGES I LEAVE YOU THROUGHOUT ALL OF THESE LINES AND WHAT THEY IMPLY,

ALIGN YOURSELVES WITH EACH OTHER BECOME EACH OTHERS GREATEST ALLIES,

FOR IN LIFE THERE WILL BE DAYS MANY DAYS OF LOWS AND SOME DAYS OF HIGHS,

BEWARE OF THOSE THAT INFILTRATE – THEY ARE AS YOU SEE THEM – SPIES,

I SEE A FUTURE FOR YOU PLEASE LISTEN TO ME AND NOT WORDS OR PEOPLE UNWISE, 

I SEE MYSELF IN YOU AND IN YOU I SEE THINGS THROUGH DIFFERENT EYES.

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