A pocketful of eyes

If only I could take away my eyes

And put them in my pocket.

I'd go blind and embrace the dark,

Just to escape reality.

To hide from the horror

Of the slow decay of something

That was once beautiful,

Transforming to a painful scene

Impossible to believe

And unbearable to watch.

Torturing every part of the soul,

Feeling the pain

But never having experienced

The depth of the sorrow

Of the inflicted.

Such a heartbreaking sight,

Of what was once a free bird

And now a prisoner of one's own self.

But if only I could take away my eyes,

Maybe then I could pretend.

Pretend things are still just the same,

Pretend everything's just a dream.

Reviews

[Pax]

hi, it’s been long I haven't read one of your piece little sis, Kamusta, Hope everything is good.

In the light of your piece, closing our eyes to what’s reality is never really an answer. It is just like saying we cower away than from the desire to put things into a brighter perspective. As much as possible I want to embrace both light and dark. In that way, we could distinguish what’s right from really wrong. But not all the time, because diving into the dark, is a very dangerous task. It gives many unexpected events, that will give unfortunate circumstances. We just have to know, because knowing will help you understand it more towards its core problems.

You know, my friend, pretending seems always a good choice when at times when you are too bothered with too much problems. But as what I see pretending also doesn’t solve anything. I guess it is better to stay focus and stay to the light of hard things, in that way you’ll not completely fall into the dark perspective.

This piece brings truth, what we do in life. And I like that, sometimes expressing into words brings light to what we seek, they say silences is golden. And in words our silence is brought up into a new perspective.

[Basu Gupta]

closing eyes won't help...closing eyes won't make you insvisible..you can't see the world but that doesn't mean world can't see you..
I really enjoyed the theme of the piece which makes it something knowing 'no boundaries'...the flow was quite cool with a sense of bitter truth with soft words..
Keep going..
Thanks for sharing

[Carissa Marie]

Thanks. :)

[Basu Gupta]

your welcome

[zainul]

Great imaginative and creative piece.

[Carissa Marie]

thanks sir. :)

[zainul]

You are most welcome.:)

[Great Aunt Astri]

I know just what you mean! Your poem identified a lot of my feelings.You have put it in a good way. Just a couple of errors ... in the first verse I think you mean 'and put THEM in my pocket'. And do you mean 'and now a prisoner of ONE'S own self'. On reflection, ONCE own self might be better, but is grammatically wrong. Don't worry I make lots of mistakes! I like your poem.

[Great Aunt Astri]

Well I think you are very clever to write in English if, I take it, english is not your first language?

[Carissa Marie]

Oopsie. I was staring at the word "once" above it while i was typing and accidentally typed it. My bad. Haha. Gonna change it. thanks for pointing that out.

[Carissa Marie]

Nope. English is not my native tongue. But its still one of the main languages in our country so I don't have any problem with it. :)

[Great Aunt Astri]

Ah yes, and in other countries which speak english, the language has often evolved slightly differnetly!