Let the Eyes be Hostages

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Yes, what a confidence-lacking start

where can the eyes land

the lashes of waterweeds never hint at anything

look

seeing children

and thinking you once had a childhood

seeing a truncated spire

and thinking

the enormous, must stand erect in a corner

seeing colors

and the body will become colorful

heart between black and white

ceasing to pulsate at the rain-washed roof

look

seeing a wedding

and admitting

the newlywed is the aging of an instant

seeing the curved light rays

reflected from a vanity mirror

and confirming it is a pupil

is also self-reassurance

keep looking

and staring

attempting to shut whatever the eyes can reach

inside the iron gate with a definition

after a sound sleep

from other people’s eyes

you get that “it’s a dream”

and attempting

to open your eyes once again