The soul doesn’t worry
whether the heart is at its best,
or if your ears are dumb to sound
and your lips unwind a crooked smile.
It is the eyes that count--
Look at these sable-laced eyes
and you’ll know if I pump
dead or alive.
Look at my eyes
reflect
your eyes
in blur or sight.
Don’t blink away and
cover those storyteller lids.
Look me
in the eye
and negate the lies
that bleed from your mouth.
Our eyes, our eyes
Be alive
These windows
Be alive
Author Bio:
Kanika Aina Wright (K. A. Wright) has been writing ever since she could talk. She was always the student who wrote two paragraphs instead of the required one. As the only one in her family with a passion for writing, she is the go-to person when someone needs help with writing a cover letter, updating a resume, or revising a paper. Her writing is an inspirational collage of personal experience, nature, and the power of places and names. She daydreams ever so often about winning the lottery and building her dream house on a beautiful beach shore in Bermuda. K. A. Wright earned her BA degree in English Writing and her MFA degree Creative Writing. She’s received an Honorable Mention in the Children’s Fiction Category from Writer’s Digest, interned at W.W. Norton & Co., and has a published article in a one-of-a-kind online magazine for collegiate black women. Besides her constant rendezvous with writing, she enjoys traveling, star gazing, and skydiving.
whether the heart is at its best,
or if your ears are dumb to sound
and your lips unwind a crooked smile.
It is the eyes that count--
Look at these sable-laced eyes
and you’ll know if I pump
dead or alive.
Look at my eyes
reflect
your eyes
in blur or sight.
Don’t blink away and
cover those storyteller lids.
Look me
in the eye
and negate the lies
that bleed from your mouth.
Our eyes, our eyes
Be alive
These windows
Be alive
Author Bio:
Kanika Aina Wright (K. A. Wright) has been writing ever since she could talk. She was always the student who wrote two paragraphs instead of the required one. As the only one in her family with a passion for writing, she is the go-to person when someone needs help with writing a cover letter, updating a resume, or revising a paper. Her writing is an inspirational collage of personal experience, nature, and the power of places and names. She daydreams ever so often about winning the lottery and building her dream house on a beautiful beach shore in Bermuda. K. A. Wright earned her BA degree in English Writing and her MFA degree Creative Writing. She’s received an Honorable Mention in the Children’s Fiction Category from Writer’s Digest, interned at W.W. Norton & Co., and has a published article in a one-of-a-kind online magazine for collegiate black women. Besides her constant rendezvous with writing, she enjoys traveling, star gazing, and skydiving.
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