Vijaya Sundaram

Poet, Musician, Teacher, and Amateur Visual Artist

Eyes Spy

Eyes Spy
©August 19th, 2016

By Vijaya Sundaram

A curtain comes down.
Windows to the soul, well, yes –
I see closed windows.

And what will it take
To throw wide those blind shutters?
A drowned child’s closed eyes?

J’accuse say these eyes:
A child in an ambulance
Looking out at us.

Somewhere, their eyes close.
Choosing not to see, helpless,
We open ours, weep.

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