Blink Once

Blink Once

Into you I glare with eyes wide open

Colors fade and shadows fall behind

Weathered and aged passed expiration

Hope flickers but pain remains, resting behind tired eyes

Blink once, then twice, then close them hard

Avoiding truth, a reality that has seen better days

Recalling what was once a flower in bloom

Now in its place a wilted weed

Into you I glare with eyes half-open

Color has gone, shadows fall behind

Who are you looking back at me?

With sad eyes and haunting past

I do not recognize you

Blink once, then rub the eyes

In hopes the illusion will fade

Leaving the wilted weed behind

Showing only the once young flower within

Into you I glare with determination

Colors? This time a rainbow shines behind

Not weathered, dignified. Not wilted, just at rest

Still blooming inside, I have not died, just changed my form

I see you glaring back at me what once was there for all to see

I’ve been with you through it all you see, for you are me.