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What I See

January 7, 2012
By Zoe-22-Turner DIAMOND, Beverly, Massachusetts
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Since you're not me
You probably can't see
What my eyes do
Just like I can't see for you
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I see through my dark eyes
All the deceptions and lies
All the people and their actions
Their display of emotions
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Sometimes I see good things
I witness happy endings
Two people exchange in bliss
A bear hug and a kiss
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I love to watch a story unfold
See someone find a hand to hold
See them smile with glee
While I wish it were me

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Then I turn my head
And see those misled
Tricked into a regretful act
Unable to tell fiction from fact
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I hate to bare witness
To the cruelty and bitterness
That these people bring about
The distrust, the doubt
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So I turn around again
To see what happens when
People are actually happy
Just like I want to be

© Joseph B., Mesquite, TX

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