Her eyes sting
Her mouth closed
Her tears burn
Don’t read into those clothes
His eyes shift
His lips tight
His fears swirl
Don’t narrow your sight
My breath short
My eyes learn
My calm shelved
Don’t add to the burn
Their past caught
Their fate lied
Their faith lost
Don’t you dare hide
Unspoken words weigh heavy upon my chest
Your ears too deaf to listen
Teardrops echo in the sound of doubt and disquiet
Your lips sewn shut by your own doing
I never saw behind those drifting eyes
And I wonder
A sight unseen, a frame that tells us lies
What’s yours was once mine
Long buried in lost time
Frozen faces etched in my head
Dear loved ones in deathbeds
Yours and mine
Passing eyes all the while
Perched atop a crooked smile
Her lips said scorn
Her eyes black
Her vile form
Her prideful act
My answer framed
Lesson learned
A cruel debt paid
Let Exile burn
Words from afar whisper who I am
Pulled at the seams, torn on where I should stand
The years made up this dark day
In the worst way
What should I say?
A kiss to send me away
Unspoken words weigh heavy upon my chest
Your ears too deaf to listen
Teardrops echo in the sound of doubt and disquiet
Your lips sewn shut by your own doing
I never saw behind those drifting eyes
And I wonder
A sight unseen, a frame that tells lies