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BROKEN EYES


YEARS AND YEARS AGO

I SAW HIM

A BOY WITH BROWN EYES

EYES LIKE A WORLD FULL OF CHOCOLATES

EYES LIKE WINDOWS 

EYES WITH COMFORT 

EYES IN WHICH I CAN SEE MY ENTIRE WORLD REVOLVE

BUT THOSE EYES ALSO HAD A TINGE

A TINGE OF BETRAYAL 

A BITTER BETRAYAL THAT I HAD TO TASTE

YEARS AND YEARS AFTER

I SAW HIM

THE SAME BOY WITH THOSE EYES

EYES FULL OF PAIN

EYES WITH HURT

EYES WITH REGRET

EYES BEGGING FOR FORGIVENESS

BUT AGAIN THOSE EYES HAD A TINGE

THIS TIME A TINGE OF LOVE

AND I DEFINITELY HAD TO TASTE IT

 

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MS.MOTEN
<p>EYES NEVER LIE</p>

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