Dear girl with the misty eyes

Your gaze fades with your unspoken thoughts

Into whirlpools of darkness I fear to explore

Yet smouldering cries for help I detect

Deep in those dark pools which hide in silence.

I've tried to release that kidnapped smile

You've locked away in your heart's warm corner

But I stumbled over your frozen regrets

on the cold stone floor of your blackened heart.

I've tried to coax your gaze to find mine

But it scuttled away like a startled gazelle

What horror has caused this scar in your soul?

What darkness have sucked the curve from your smile?

Those brown pools of sadness are churning my soul

I want to break down those walls of overgrown ivy

Let me shelter your hot brow from life's fierce heat

Let my words become the shade that you so desperately  need.

Author's Note

Image by annamae22 (Anna) from Deviant Art.

Reviews

[Cobblestone Traveler]

Beautiful and longing. The ache can be felt. My favorite line "But I stumbled over your frozen regrets
on the cold stone floor of your blackened heart." I enjoyed this piece!

[John Alexander McFadyen]

You weave a picture of intrigue, of mystery, of longing and love in this well crafted piece.

If I may suggest?

'What darkness has sucked the curve from your smile?'
'Let my words become the shade that you so desperately seek.'

[TeeJae {TJ} Hart]

This piece could have been written about me in an earlier time of my life. It brought up memories of fear uncertainty trust wanting to allow another in to help grow shape mould yet there was too much pain.

Beautifully written...if this is based on truth I hope she sees how much you want to help her find her way.

Keep up the great writing

[SleeplessVolcano]

Thank you for your kind comments....:) I did not have someone in mind when I wrote this, but at the same time, the poem just "found" me in the middle of a meeting, so I acted as if I was paying attention and I wrote down how "her gaze" made me feel. :) Glad you could relate....

[TeeJae {TJ} Hart]

:)
Inspiration comes from many places