Love Poem: Eye Color
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Written by: Joseph Szalinski

Eye Color

It carries with it, connotations of vibrancy, 

freshness, renewal, sustainability, health.

All this is reminiscent of us, how we are;

How our new love sprang shortly after Easter, 

Two days after 4/2/0.


It’s the eye color we share, 

Like long stares, up stairs 

In my room in the attic. 

The canopy of the house; 

The leaves and branches 

of the tree we dwelled in


It is the staggering ignorance we faced 

When we decided to take a chance, 

But even in our unversed status, 

We persevered. 


It is the envy I recognized

When I first saw you. 

The attention, the conversation, the consideration

You gave onto others, I wished for myself.

And that compelled me so, I knew 

I had only one choice. 

Now or never,

The light changed. 

Go!