His Eyes Won't Leave Me



"His eyes won't leave me"
I hear a voice screaming
"There's nothing that can be done
Because his soul is now gone"

How did this happen
Why did I fall
I tried to stop him
But he followed his man made call

"His eyes won't leave me"
I hear a voice crying
"I tried so hard
But had to go when the siren called"

Across the tracks
Hide in a bar
I went out the front
But entered the backdoor

If him they couldn't help
Then neither could I
That thought doesn't help
Because I still cry

"His eyes won't leave me"
I hear a voice say
"But he went his way
And now nothing will be the same"

Laying on the ground
I can still see him to this day
A pool of his blood
My pants permanently staind

His pupils are small
But start to grow
His life with God I hope he made right
Before his time to go

"His eyes won't leave me"
I hear myself say
Awake in cold sweat
And realize its now day

He chose his own destiny
And that everyone knows
His eys continue to haunt me
But that's the way life goes
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Submitted on May 29, 2016

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Scheme Abcx cdxd Abex xxxx fgfg Ahhx xhxe dixi Ahxh ajaj
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 933
Words 201
Stanzas 10
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4

Wayne O'Brien

I grew up in a trailer park in fairly rough town and saw drugs and many many gangs everyday. I was introduced to drugs death and street life at an early age while blessed/cursed with vivid dreams, many have come to pass. After the suicide of my first girlfriend I became addicted to cocaine and free-base and experimented with many other drugs. I quit those on Sept. 12 2001 (my senior year in high school) and have been clean sense(woot) and found God several years later. Many of my poem are a direct honest account of my past, although there are some poems of mine here that are actually songs I wrote. I can be blunt and honest, so that's all I'm saying here for now. read my poetry and songs and tell me what you think. Be blunt and honest like me :) more…

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