Bride’s Eyes

birch trees and green leaves
pink ribbon and free livin’
bare feet and tall grass
summers to come
and summers past
butterflies of every color
the soothing pretty song of mother
penny candy
bramble bush and brier
songs and stories told round the fire
a bad deed punished
a good one rewarded
green glass beads and pretty rocks hoarded
treasure that will never be replaced

crossed eyes
a breath held long
mother’s soothing pretty song
green leaves on the trees
a song bird found dead
now all the leaves on all the trees are turnin’ yellow and red
it grows colder and she’s not much older
than a lamb
the leaves turn brown
the wind picks up and whips the trees around
and those sad dead leaves are ripped away
and thrown down on the ground

father seals a bond
with words that sound like dead bird song
the tall tall grass and green green field
will never look the same
there she’ll never go again to pray
her heart and body
smile and hand
were given all away






forget-me-nots and cricket song
morning mist and summers long
butterflies of every color
the soft and pretty song of mother
the mud and moss and fiddlehead
all vanish with her maidenhead

look into the bride’s eyes
see that she is terrified
terrified but strong
though her free days are gone
she knows that life round here don’t last too long

stare into the bride’s eyes
try to see what’s left of the innocence and luster

stare into the bride’s eyes
with all the courage you can muster
because never once again
will you see that beautiful luster

stare into the bride’s eyes X

and coldly watch as the light dies