fresh eyes (2023)

your eyes look fresh

halting me, how so?

like new

what of my old ones? becoming far off and running scenarios of my old eyes being dark and lacking the fire

she clarified, saving me from my own microscopic, exorbitant analysis, like full of life, hopeful

maybe even less pain, less disappointment

what do we do with it? disappointment and pain that is

use it as fuel?

i don’t know, i’m suspicious

why

fuel burns and then it’s gone, is that true of them?

i prefer my pain and disappointment two ways

manageable

in the past

faint smiles exchanged like tickets to each other’s memories

maybe it’s like art, the contrast creates the beauty

anyway, you look happy

thanks