in your eyes

               In Your Eyes

the openings to a thousand possibilities
   the light of a resilient hope
      the truth of a painful experience 
         and love still ready to grow
            I see in your eyes

a reflection of divine design
   a yearning for much needed change
      a prayer for the present moment
         and a desire to not be estranged
           I see in your eyes

in your eyes, I see
   beautiful calligraphy
      meaningful and magnified memories
         a hundred million rods and cones creating communities
           and two humble heroes holding new epiphanies

a lake of longing and a harbor of compassion
   a thousand flowers blooming with every blink
      and a ration of realism showing what you really think
         I see in your eyes 

our future lineage of poets and dreamers
   the wisdom we need to survive
      the rhythm of oceans pushing and pulling
         and the fire of a soul that's alive