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Blank Eyes

September 15, 2013
By Oneofthesixwitches SILVER, New Haven, Connecticut
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"Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it"- Mark Twain

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Your eyes
blank as screens
stare at me and
I am frozen.
My brain’s trying
to make thoughts
connect: they throw rope
in the circus of my mind.

If I could summon words
to remedy that stare
I wouldn’t need
to quote you poetry like you ain't ever seen
and offer that as explanation:
if only then the beating
will be soothed
within my chest
and I might
breathe again.

© Victoria W., Arcadia, CA

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I wrote this about my feelings about being ignored.
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