See Saw
All those eyes
Looking out
Looking in
I see
What I saw
In them
But I can't see
What they saw
In me
Word: ©2020LCR
Image: "Eyes Without a Face" by Digital Collage Artist Robin Isely
Submitted to: Sunday Muse #98
All those eyes
Looking out
Looking in
I see
What I saw
In them
But I can't see
What they saw
In me
Word: ©2020LCR
Image: "Eyes Without a Face" by Digital Collage Artist Robin Isely
Submitted to: Sunday Muse #98
Very provocative!
ReplyDeleteAnd aye, there is the rub.
ReplyDeleteEye I! :)
DeleteI really like this! I remember years when I felt like the voice in this poem.
ReplyDeleteThanks Sherry!
DeleteI think nobody will ever know, and one of the most dangerous things is trying to guess.
ReplyDeleteIsn't that the truth!
DeleteSo true -- we can never see what others see in us! Great poem. Brief and succinct!
ReplyDeleteThank you!
DeleteAh, one of the great unknowns. Nice one.
ReplyDeleteIndeed. Thank you.
DeleteI really like how you put that together!
ReplyDeleteMany Thanks!
DeleteA contemplative question? Perhaps, what they see is only a fraction of who you really are on the inside.
ReplyDeleteDefinitely can't see everything.
DeleteYou had me at see saw Lori! Love this poem and the pondering it stirs!
ReplyDeleteThank you. I liked the back and forth / up and down imagery the title conjured and played with that idea.
DeleteIndeed, there lies the problem!
ReplyDeleteDefinitely.
DeleteGuess you will have to ask? If their non-facial expression is a clue then they are not all in agreement. Some are tearing, others are glazed like blah, … What if none of them see anything in you? (means they have no imagination),
ReplyDeleteThis was fun, Lori. Makes you wonder.
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Wonder is always good!
DeleteThe rhythm catches me and the questions dance.
ReplyDeleteThank you. I wanted it to have that feeling.
DeleteWonderful! They do look like they are looking from many vantage points and scales.
ReplyDeleteThank you.
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