Her eyes

Kate Tromp 2005 (Paarl)



the teardrops run down
 and fall off her nose
she cries in dark corners
where nobody goes
you can follow the tracks
from her eyes to her chin
years upon years
of letting them win
and her eyes tell a story
of anger and pain
you think that she's happy
but just look again
and the scars of her past
hidden under her clothes
are a roadmap to places
that nobody knows ...

her smile is so now painted
she's a master of disguise
and you can see it all

just look into her eyes....

About this poem

This poem was written during my dark Isolating times at school

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Written on November 25, 2022

Submitted by kate.du.plessis.22 on November 25, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme XAXAXBXBCXCXXXXA XDX D
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 492
Words 114
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 16, 3, 1

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