Tainted Eyes

Letting life be itself, loving the way the phone ringing makes me jump

Letting paths curve and wind, loving every stone, every turn, every menacing bump

Precious it is to sneeze, to wake up, to sleep, to lye awake at night

Amazing it is to smile, to grin, to walk, cry, or fight

Yet all of this you shy away from

suck lemon juice while crying for yourself

missing dirty pennies on the sidewalks

you don't look to look at the boxes on the shelves

Close your tainted eyes

and drown yourself in mine

go far back to a place Once Upon a Time

remember a moment where life was love

and never come down from your cloud up above

Magdalena Gudzowska