My Left Eye Weeps

My left eye weeps while
my right stares stubbornly out
at the world’s beauties
and horrors.

What, in this time
and place,
can I do
but acknowledge both?

I watch birds over a lake,
and listen to traffic noise;
beyond thought,
I await what is to be.
Nighttime just past sunset, lights visible on the horizon of the lake, trees with a few lights visible and a dark road.

Cross-posted – https://joanvinallcox.substack.com/p/my-left-eye-weeps

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