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 Harry Sweeden. My life in verse.

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Eyes of Pastel Green




I took your smile… as my own gift,
...mine to keep and hold.
Mine to sit and treasure,
Till my days were all so old.
I could sit… and look forever,
In your eyes of pastel green.
Lose myself in the ocean,
Of all that life could mean.
I bathed… in all your beauty,
Loved each day reborn.
Your smile was what held in place…
All that life had torn.
But your smile… was not my gift.
It was never mine to own.
I took your smile from you…
Each new day that was sewn.
Your eyes… now cried a river,
That made the oceans swell.
Your eyes that once had spoke of love…
Now only heartache tells.
So I give you back your smile,
For all that it will mean…
And be cast away in a loveless place,
In those eyes of pastel green.









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