The Eyes Have It!
by Sharmagne Leland St.John

One I love
Two I love
Three I love I say
Four I loved with all my heart
Then he passed away …

They always had blue eyes
those guys the ones I truly loved
above all others
irises the colour of my
grandmother’s Blue Willow
“everyday” dinner service

Some had eyes as blue as
the Tyrrhenian Sea
but only one loved me
enough to say “I do”
and truly mean it.

He gave me a child
with ice blue eyes
who gave me two
fine black eyed babies
2 papooses
to carry on
our indigenous line

Now I love a man
whose eyes are green
his hair is cotton white
he treats me like a queen
 

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