Tuesday, July 16, 2024

Davy Jones’ locker April 23, 2012


 The eyes across the table stare

and I can't help stare back,

here in the office, neutral ground,

this safe place where we can meet once a week,

 then go our separate ways.

Eyes some claim as windows to the soul,

 deep brown, deep down, each glance I make

I find myself drowning in brown water,

 too deep for the common man to swim

 without risk of getting too deep, and yet,

never deep enough, the need to go as far down

into her so I might learn all her secrets,

at the same time scared I might find out too much,

 breathe too much of her into my lungs,

 my soul becoming a Davy Jones lost in her forever.

 


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