Eyes Passing
Jason Reynolds

So innocent,
So sweet.
Girl in a world of men.
Blonde with the blue-eyed smile.

Flirting,
You laugh and play.
Aware, yet oblivious to your beauty.
Blonde with the blue-eyed smile.

Looking for a mate,
Longing for a place.
Making order out of chaos.
Blonde with the blue-eyed smile.

I look at you, and see
Everything I wish I could be.
Of this world yet happy.
Blonde with the blue-eyed smile.

But you don’t know me.
You pass without a glance,
Blind to the admiration I have for thee.
Blonde with the blue-eyed smile.

Just another rat,
Caught in the race,
But I will remember your face.
Blonde with the blue-eyed smile.

 

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