I See Those Blue Eyes
Ice Shapes
by Krista Brown
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Poetry
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River
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those blue eyes thatm ake my day
that smile that goes on by day
that heart of yours each day
how caring you are'evety day
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Boundaries, obstacles
no one can give up.
I can’t either.
Moving and bemg
aren’t the same.
Conflict, aggression, violence, oppressibh
Frosty still morning,
fixed in place,
covering everything,
a blue-white transparent shell
gently lifted, turned over
wood grain, twisted cable, fence post, rocks
fragile breaking when the wind blows,
becoming water as soon as warmth
touches it. *
When the sky is gray the eyes are gone -
When the sky is gray the smile is away
That caring heart will be back someday
But each day I s e e the caring person you are-
are all futility.
Every action creates
its own opposition. .
Floods wash themselves away,
unattached objects go with it and
drift to the sea. s
Go under th é wavès.
Sink into mud.
Everything else falls over by itself-
TjEreath/ hands, sun,
gone.
Nearly before anyone can see i t
After the ice melts
everyone’s glad to be warm
in the cold.
Tranquility takes the form of
anything it touches.
Being'still it
lets tranquility stick and thicken
into the shape of thought.
I was a fool not to see the blue sky
My eyes were dark as the sky was gray .?
Now that you have seen my heart each day
How you come opt of your shell each day
The blue sky is like your blue eyes '
The sunshine brings the smile back
The caring h eart is bigger each day
Please don’t turn away
F or i was a fool
Now I see the blue sky
How you have changed me
In so many ways
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A symbol for tolerance
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