I CLOSE MY EYES

I CLOSE MY EYES

I close my eyes, to try and see
the future ahead that may come to be.
I know in time, there will be more pain
I know it like there will be more rain.

There will be sadness, I have no fear
there may be a loss of someone dear.
I've learned that fear is never far 
neither is dreaming and wishing on a star.

If you allow the pain or fear to rule
you soon believe that life is cruel. 
You must look beyond what is not there
it is not some ghost behind a chair.

With my eyes tightly closed
I am amazed to see
The only pain 
is there within me. 

My eyes are closed 
but the beauty I can see
is there with the pain
and deep within me.

So allow me to laugh
and feel love and joy.
Not just the pain of 
a long lost boy.

The boy has gone 
an old man appeared.
His youth has flown
and the end grows near.

But Love has always been close at hand
I feel it now, but not as a man. 
I hear the laughter of my youth
and know love is only truth.

So I close my eyes and try to see
the loves I've gained that now are me.

by Bill Bennett, PhD
Corvallis, OR June 25, 2013 12:02AM
Ph: 541-754-6918