Short and Sweet

graphite eyes

i don't know why

but somehow

the pages

of my notebook

are riddled

with eyes,

drawn in graphite

pencil shading

and smudges.

side views

front views

long lashes

and short,

drawn in gray

but seen in

rainbows.

eyes

which seem

to look

at something

far away;

at the 

horizon

perhaps,

as if longing

for an 

alternate reality.

or maybe 

sweet glances,

shared over

hot-coco

on cold 

winter days.

or maybe

it's peace

staring out a window

and an endless sky

living quietly

in the fleeting moments

of life

that make life

worth living.