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Tired Eyes

Tired Eyes

I walk.

Along the way, I find myself.                                                                                                           

A little worn, somewhat forlorn

Looking sorry, I think…

And very much alone.

 

I am torn,

Caught between care and pity

A rush of compassion?

 

I shudder…

Perhaps it's disdain.

 

Am I to blame,

I mutter - feeling breath hasten

As I turn askance

Only to see my own self’s

Appeal gaze back plaintively at me

Through his silent

Tired eyes.

 

No, this cannot be the way

This should not be the path

I might have turned right

He could have looked left

Now, hastening past

I wonder at  how

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