Eyes

I have been a bit lazy since my return from Europe! My photos have been downloaded but aren't edited and I have slowly been unpacking. I'm catching up on my blog reading and checking in with my boys. My oldest son is still away on his Air Force reserves trip to Turkey - he left the day after I did and I have yet to hear a word from him but he is due back tomorrow. I hope he got some time to enjoy his environs as they did on last year's two week jaunt to Germany. My youngest is away for the weekend at his alma mater, Cal Poly, and my middle son, Alex, is at home in Sacramento, a hundred miles away. The house is quiet and I'm kind of lonesome.

I haven't left the house since my return home on Thursday evening! I was browsing through some of my poetry, written in the past, and came across this poem and thought I would share it with you. It was written for someone special in my life.

Eyes

I see the world within your eyes,

There is such beauty there,

Exotic places that you've been,

Reflected in your stare.

I see canals of Venice,

Beneath a summer moon,

And almost hear a gondolier,

Sing an operatic tune.

Those eyes reflect your spirit,

For adventure, far afield,

And deep within their depths,

Your mysteries are revealed.

I see the sights of India,

Bright saris flecked with gold,

The splendor of the Taj Mahal,

Incredible to behold.

Your eyes show such emotion,

Sometimes filled with tears,

At others, reflecting passion,

With a heat that slowly sears.

Your eyes are so hypnotic,

They hold me in their spell,

Within their limpid pools,

My captured spirit dwells.

Carmen Henesy

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