Their Eyes Upon Me

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Image by Catrin Welz-Stein
Eyes watch me, they’re inside
Opinions and judgements. Attempts to understand
Do you see me? Look, here I am!

I have my dark side and my light too
Storms thunder yet the sun shines 
Chasing modesty, underwater I swam.

Awaken from my blanket of discarded decoration
Flowers in bloom, birds do sing,
I wonder what those who are watching think?

What do you see when you look at me?
Do you wonder why I look downcast?
Are you willing to go to the depths that I sink?

Their eyes are a tattoo along my side feelings of bedlam
They look me over, water on a hot day, a long cold drink
Little do they know they’ve etched their way into my soul like dried ink
I am who they think I am but not at all in that way. I am their slaughtered lamb.

A prompt from dVerse. Write a poem inspired or describing the picture above. See the prompt blog page here.

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C. Stuart Lewis creates poems with feeling, intelligence and sex appeal. His short stories and books focus on characters that feel real in real world situations. Originally from the United States he now resides in Ontario, Canada. Check out his webpage at TheAuthorStew.ca

12 thoughts on “Their Eyes Upon Me”

  1. “Eyes watch me, they’re inside
    Opinions and judgements…. I am their slaughtered lamb.”

    That happens when we listen to those voices. I too love the eyes as tattoo.

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  2. “What do you see when you look at me?
    Do you wonder why I look downcast?
    Are you willing to go to the depths that I sink?”

    Love this! Stunning response to the prompt 💙💙

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  5. WOW! A wonderful ekphrastic poem for the image! I especially like these lines:

    “I have my dark side and my light too
    Storms thunder yet the sun shines”

    and these

    “Little do they know they’ve etched their way into my soul like dried ink”

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