Distant Eyes

Deceived by what resembled love

As it snuck into your world

to steal an open kiss

And left as you crawled away

Silent and rhythmless

You called it

 a blessing in disguise

To hide the resentment

 in your distant eyes

and gave a far away smile

as you stood on

your deserted isle

and said it would be okay

as many times as it took

until you believed it

Though the repetition

couldn’t seem to make it true

your heart in search of a rainbow

but a gray world has no hue

As heaven cleansed the earth,

on a tree’s leafless, fallen limb

 you sat, contemplating your worth

beneath the open sky, exposed

 and hoped that it would cleanse you too

all the while wishing for the power

 to bring all the hopeful somedays back to you

Maybe they’re in the distant mountains

which hold the faint echoes of laughter

that once upon a time were so loud

Maybe they’re in the

guts of all of those so proud

and the teasing sunsets each night

The cliff would reach to kiss

Or are they in the lost loves

That I promise I don’t miss?

~Trish