Hindsight

Hindsight

 

 

Were they brown…

Were they green…

I know

I must have seen.

Author's Note

...sometimes we fail to remember the color of someone's eyes.

Reviews

[Einstein Noodle]

i would not have thought eyes from your poem ... men, i will stab at a guess ... are terrible about noticing such things ... unless its someone who especially impresses ... i have made it a purpose in my life to try hard to remember peoples' names ... now .. i am going to check eye color too ;) so thanks Kelly .. you have brought a new challenge to me today ... my children at a very young age 5-6 all were enrolled in Tae Kwon Do ... only one stayed with it into young adulthood but I was with my grown daughter and granddaughter at a summer fair in our small town park and her old self defense instructor had a class there doing demonstrations to promote his school ... now .. this was about 15 yrs after she had taken the class ... i said we had to go say hi to Mr. Hoover and as we approached him .. he looked steadfastly into Rachel's big browns and said...."Rachel?" ... i was astounded .. and he remembered my name too ... he said he does it by remembering the eyes ;)
E.

[Kelly Scheppers]

Wow, I would have been so impressed! It's funny how the littlest things stick in our memory. Thanks, Gene!

[Einstein Noodle]

yeh! Mr. Hoover is quite the human :)

[Chris Shaw]

Eye colour normally sticks with me Kelly. Usually the bit I notice first about a person.

Chris

[Kelly Scheppers]

I wrote the poem in retrospect of years and lovers past. Thanks, Chris!

[Dave]

I have always thought that the eyes were the gateway to the soul. I may forget their name, but I always remember the color of their eyes.

Take care - Dave

[Kelly Scheppers]

...even if they're two different colors? Lol, many thanks, Dave!

[Dave]

Especially!

[‘Thoughts In Time..]

Easily done- sometimes we look so deep we don’t notice the colour but the soul behind the colour- original write- thought provoking🌹

[Kelly Scheppers]

Thank you, Kel. I knew it was brief, but it spoke to me. I really love your interpretation!

[barleygirl]

"Your Song" (which Elton John co-write & performed, plus I played it often growing up) . . . has a line about not remembering if they're green or they're blue, but anyway, the thing I really mean . . . yours are the sweetest eyes I've ever seen. That's always been one of my favorite lyrics of all time. I can remember it off the top of my head, after all these decades! So your poem touches on a sensation that's universal & intense (((HUGS))) Fondly, Margie

[Kelly Scheppers]

Brown and green are actually the color variation of my own eyes, which are distinctively different colors. It was a little nod to my imperfection. Thanks, Margie!

[barleygirl]

We called that "hazel" & many of the people in my family have that multi-colored uniqueness . . .

[Pete]

sweetly inquisitive. now you've got me thinking about such things. they say that it's 20/20. what attributes and level of detail do i remember about folks? met someone recently that has big, beautiful eyes. smartly powerful and compact. nice one Kelly. thanks for sharing! ... :)

[Kelly Scheppers]

Thanks, Pete. Always good to see you!

[redzone]

you mean you forgot my baby blues???? I'm crushed... lol... sorry Kelly, I had to tease...

funny how we can remember some things but not others, even though we have stared at them a million times.... I don't remember my high school sweetheart's eye color, but I know she wore Shalimar perfume and I can still smell it from time to time...

[Kelly Scheppers]

What can I say, I'm a sucker for the scent of aftershave on a man. Funny how our sense of smell overrides the longevity of a memory. Thank you, Curt. I promise not to forget your eyes! ; )

[C. M. Miller]

'Tis true that eyes can have a short memory, but the heart beats true and is color blind to boot.

[Kelly Scheppers]

It's funny, how love can sweep us off our feet, making us forget such trivial things. Of course, I don't think my eyes being of different colors would pose such a problem. You wouldn't believe the reactions I got in high school! ; )

[C. M. Miller]

I believe. I do.