http://allpoetry.com/poem/11002335-Behind-The-Eyes-by-KaylieRosenberry

This was just a poem I wrote in response to a writing prompt on allpoetry.com.  Figured I'd post it here too along with a link.

Behind The Eyes

Behind these eyes the world turns slowly
Ever moving, yet standing still
And I move past melting into the colors of the wall
Like a chameleon in the sunset
Who feels the fire, yet casts no blame
Blinded by the passion and the subtlety
You feel the agony and the ecstasy
Dance in the spring rain
Bask in the summer sun
And rest through the long winter

Behind these eyes there are closed doors
More than one might imagine
Rooms full of scars, veins in the lining that run deep
Like ore; less precious, but no less protected
I can drown in my own mind
In the sea of fervid wandering
Or fade into the shadows of my own silence

I can be a rock-star without a song
Or a gesture-less mime
Content to let the world go by

I can see but not understand
Seek but never find
Feel but never embrace

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