Eyes Opened Wide

-Eyes Opened Wide-
by Keaton Foster



Upon
The ground
No breath
Nor sound
Eyes
Opened wide
Looking up
Paler
Is the blue
Darker
Is the truth
Life
So it be said
Is gone
Left from you
Slipped
Right on through
Out there
Into nothing
So damn clear
You’ve gone
And here
I remain
Tragic the case
I keep saying
What a waste
Beautiful
Is this face
Frozen in death
Primed for decay
Never again
Will it look
As it does
Eyes
Opened wide
Peering off
Unconcerned
About me
About us
Fading
Is the blue
Darkness
In full bloom
Emptiness
Is in there
Bouncing around
Tearing holes
Cratering
The mind
Silence is all
That is behind
All that remains
Off to Heaven
You’ve gone
While I
Remain here
In my own
Created hell
My own gestated
Birthed idea
That I cannot
Live without you
Yet here I am
Very much alive
Breathing
Seeing
Realizing
What I’ve done
What I’ve become
Where you lay
Is where
You’ll be placed
Deeper still
Way on down
To a depth
That I alone
Am capable of
I’ll plant the world
Down upon you
By no chance
Or happenstance
Will you be found
They’ll be questions
Lots
Where did you go
How could you leave
There never will be
An answer
Not one that any
Of those concerned
Can come to grips with
They will suffer
And so will I
Because I loved you
Thus I lived you
And now I alone
Have killed you
With passion
Comes anger
With a love like ours
There is always a chance
You brought me here
To tell me it’s over
Just as quick
I assured you
That it was
Eyes
Opened wide
I know that no part
Of what was once you
The core of your being
Remains inside
Empty is your vessel
With a slide of my hand
And the labor
Of such an unrelenting love
It is time my dearest
To close those eyes
Forever and ever…


Eyes Opened Wide
Written by Keaton Foster Copyright © 2015.