Eyes of a Stranger
It’s funny
how you find yourself
reflecting in someone’s eyes
for the very first time
not knowing what their impact will be
not knowing the comfort they will bring
not knowing
that here
and now
before you
is the mirror
in which you’ll grow old.
Sunset
Her eyes
painted
a shade of dusk
I’m yet to witness
I long
for my lips
to find
the constellations
hidden on her skin
I wrap
falling stars
behind her ears
brushing the night sky
to sleep.
A Decade On
Years before
I walked these streets
with an empty heart
and veins filled with the blood of youth
but here I find myself again
in more ways than one,
it would seem,
youth fading
heart now a little less empty
as I try to find my way
through a city
I swear
I am only seeing for the very first time.
About the Author:
Andi Talbot is a writer and performance poet from County Durham. Andi has poetry published in various literary journals including Vamp Cat, Bonnie’s Crew, Grindstone Literary Magazine and Paper and Ink Zine. He has headlined poetry nights around the North East of England including Stanza and Black Light Engine Room and this year he performed at Poetry Jam in Durham. His first pamphlet, Burn Before Reading, was published with Analog Submission Press (2019). Andi is a poetry editor and submission reader for Periwinkle Literary Magazine.
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