Pretty Eyes

Pretty Eyes

A Poem by Nokomi Nāo

Hello pretty eyes

I'm loving the dress you got on

Are you staying here long?

Are you seeing someone?

Have you cottoned on

I'm not sure of my disguise

Have you heard them call me bent

I wish they'd just say 'different'

Do you think there's something wrong

With me? I ain't a hitter-on

Just ordinary small talk and soon I'll be gone

 

Hey pretty eyes

What they say is all spite-lies  

Is what you must believe, or have I given myself away?    

Hey pretty eyes  

I know this brand of makeup that's nice  

I've got some on me, no it don't make me pretty  

But it's the only one that won't give me an allergy  

Ain't nothing wrong with me  

I'm straight and I'm forward, as you can see  

Or have you seen through me, have you caught on?

Just ordinary girl talk and soon I'll be gone

You're listening, believing what they say

It's okay, got to hit the road anyway

   

 

Nice meeting you, pretty eyes  

I'm imagining me lifting my disguise  

And turns out you're different too  

What a lovely surprise!  

At first you're scared and you hold back  

But then you take a plunge right in  

And what they say can't touch us  

We got our own song  

And our only-us groove they can't break upon

   

Ain't nothing wrong with me  

Just my body don't match with me  

Tell me, what else should I believe?

 

Goodbye, pretty eyes  

You're not the reason I can't stay  

Neither are they, or the things they say  

I'd got to hit the road anyway

 

© 2013 Nokomi Nāo


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Added on September 29, 2013
Last Updated on September 29, 2013
Tags: pretty, eyes, nokomi, nao, lgbt, lesbian, love, poem, confessional

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