An eyelash stuck in my eyes

by Everlasting   Jan 27, 2015


It's just a tear in my eyes,
That breaks my heart, and makes me sad.

I keep repeating:

It's just this tear,
A tiny drop that falls like waterfalls,
Calm,
And then it gains currents,
Fast,
But it relaxes me as if it were a lullaby.

Yet between repeating and repeating,

I just want to cry,
I want to feel the stream of tears moistening my skin,
I want to feel the salt in my lips,
As if I were in a beach, away from all of this.

Just there, with the streams... thinking

That you were just an eyelash stuck in my eyes,
That I felt you there, but I could not see you,
That you made me cry but I didn't know why,
You just bothered me and hurt me,

You obfuscated my sight,

But it wasn't your fault, I kept pretending
that nothing was there, I kept fearing
to look in a mirror and find you were there,

So I rubbed my eyelids till the tears faded.

Until you were no longer an eyelash stuck in my eyes.

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  • 9 years ago

    by Meena Krish

    You have given the eyelash a character. One that comes into our sight and gives pain without realizing or even meaning it.

    Reading this got me all sad and teary. There is a touch of tenderness and pain in this write...touching!

  • 9 years ago

    by gumshuda

    This one is so so sad...i don't know why but reading it I sort of felt really really emotional...never really get emotional you know (yes i'm like a stone sometimes)...
    This was so...so.., don't really know what to say..(i'm out off words)

    But I Hope you don't really wanna cry and are not really sad because oh would that not hurry me to know my sweet Lucy is sad :( and I won't be there to wipe your tears like some younger Sister...

  • 9 years ago

    by Cantchangeme

    This reminds me of when your upset but you dont want anyone to know it. So you say you have something in your eye. So I read the poem in this context. I think its something we can all relate too. Some of us get more eyelashes in our eyes than others. Great write

  • 9 years ago

    by alka mendiratta

    Loved the title 'an eyelash stuck in my eyes'
    All can relate to the pain caused when an eyelash stucks in a eye.
    Here the author is referring both the eyes .
    The thoughts got clouded ,and could not make out the pain.

    Love the simile of flowing tears to that of a soothing lullaby .

    The author does not blame the eyelash for the pain caused .We certain times ignore the reality and live in a confused state of mind.We do not reflect on our state of mind:
    You obfuscated my sight,
    But it was'nt your fault........

    Loved the last line as it is a realization,which let go cause of pain:
    "Until you no longer are an eyelash stuck in my eyes ."

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