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Today is the 10th anniversary of our wedding day.
If I knew then what I now know...
The Eyes Have It (copyright 1993 by Stephen Burke)
By Stephen E. Burke
WHEN I LOOK AT YOU
I’M ATTRACTED TO
THE EYES WHICH SHINE
LIKE THE RAREST GEM
AND WITHIN THEM
A THOUGHT, A WORD
A DEPTH UNPLUMBED
OR SEEN
LIKE GREEN; AN EMERALD
OR A JEWEL
AM I A FOOL? OR DO I SEE THROUGH
THE EYES WHICH SHOW
THE THINGS I CANNOT KNOW?
LIKE A LAKE
ITS OWN MISTAKE; IT THINKS THAT IT IS BLUE
THE SKY IS, TOO.
SO.
WHEN I LOOK AT YOU
I AM ATTRACTED, TOO.
YET WHAT AM I TO DO,
OR SAY?
NOW YOUR EYES ARE GRAY.
LIKE NIGHT AND DAY
TOGETHER, AND EQUAL.
EACH TO EACH CAN SEE
THE OTHER HAS TO BE
TO MAKE THE WHOLE.
THE HOLE?
I AM LOST, FOR I HAVE FALLEN INTO IT.
When I first met my wife, I couldn't decide if her eyes were green, blue, or gray, and this poem was something of the result. They are, I've since found out, fairly dark blue, with tiny gold flecks. Kind of a blue-hazel I suppose. But they are lovely, and so is she.
Escuse me, please, for waxing rhapsodic on the love of my life.
If I knew then what I now know...
The Eyes Have It (copyright 1993 by Stephen Burke)
By Stephen E. Burke
WHEN I LOOK AT YOU
I’M ATTRACTED TO
THE EYES WHICH SHINE
LIKE THE RAREST GEM
AND WITHIN THEM
A THOUGHT, A WORD
A DEPTH UNPLUMBED
OR SEEN
LIKE GREEN; AN EMERALD
OR A JEWEL
AM I A FOOL? OR DO I SEE THROUGH
THE EYES WHICH SHOW
THE THINGS I CANNOT KNOW?
LIKE A LAKE
ITS OWN MISTAKE; IT THINKS THAT IT IS BLUE
THE SKY IS, TOO.
SO.
WHEN I LOOK AT YOU
I AM ATTRACTED, TOO.
YET WHAT AM I TO DO,
OR SAY?
NOW YOUR EYES ARE GRAY.
LIKE NIGHT AND DAY
TOGETHER, AND EQUAL.
EACH TO EACH CAN SEE
THE OTHER HAS TO BE
TO MAKE THE WHOLE.
THE HOLE?
I AM LOST, FOR I HAVE FALLEN INTO IT.
When I first met my wife, I couldn't decide if her eyes were green, blue, or gray, and this poem was something of the result. They are, I've since found out, fairly dark blue, with tiny gold flecks. Kind of a blue-hazel I suppose. But they are lovely, and so is she.
Escuse me, please, for waxing rhapsodic on the love of my life.
Or your... friends? 
