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His eyes are stale and lifeless…
Sitting alone in his chair…
Struggling to recall the time…
He could do more than just stare…
His mind is so much older…
Time has ravaged his thoughts…
Destroying all his memories…
Forgetting all he was taught…
It’s a struggle for him to speak…
To even find any words…
His sentences get cut adrift…
Distracted by the passing birds…
Hands that were once weapons…
Now hang sadly at his side…
He cannot even stand alone…
They’ve stripped him of all pride…
It used to be so different…
For this bright and intelligent man…
He had everything he wanted…
The master of his own life plan…
Yet it was all taken so quickly…
They took his wife, then child…
Left him broken and shattered…
Even then he remained so mild…
Dignified and so defiant…
In the face of all that pain…
But when they came back for him…
The Gods attacked his brain…
It was the only way to beat him…
To take his remaining sanity…
Now he sits silently before them…
Yet refuses to go on bended knee…
He remains a total gentleman…
A credit to the Human race…
They have done their worst to him…
Yet kindness still radiates from his face…
And his story is nearly over…
But one day it should be told…
Bad things happen to good people…
And nothing can ever be foretold…
Nothing should be taken for granted…
Because in just a single stroke…
Everything can be changed…
And sadness replaces the joke…
His eyes are stale and lifeless…
Sitting alone in his chair…
His family do not have the time…
Does anyone really care…
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Eye Will Not Cry 
J, you are so very talented!!
Always, always so perfect.
You humble me Liz – thank you – Cheers J
Dylan was special back in the day!
I can’t disagree with that! Thanks for stopping by to comment – Cheers J
Wow, I really liked this one. Good song, but poem even better. Thank you.
Thank you K – such high praise makes me blush – Cheers J
Nice piece,leaves the mind wondering !!!
Thanks – feel free to share your wondering thoughts! Cheers J
Beautiful and poignant. I’d have never thought to describe eyes as ‘stale’, its really effective.
Thank you for your kind words – incindently – you are my 3000th follower! Would you like to guest poet for me? Cheers J
Wow! Congrats J, that’s amazing. I’m hoping to reach the 200 mark soon, so that is an awesome achievement.
I would love to! I’ve never been a guest poet on a blog before.
Dreamer Girl
Thanks – thats great, please send me a poem to eyewillnotcry@hotmail.co.uk and we can go from there – look forward to hearing from you – Cheers J
Awesome. I will get on to it soon! Thanks, Dreamer Girl
Dad’s biography except he never lost a child and my two sisters tended him in his waning years while I lamented how little I “could” do from a thousand miles away. God bless.
Thanks Keith – your kind words and thoughts are always appreciated! Cheers J
Beautiful! 🙂
Thank you – Cheers J