The Light in Your Eye
Shadow?
An absence of color
that brings my world to life?
Or the light that seems
to emanate from your eye?
All of these in a fluke of lighting,
a software glitch transmitted
from your cell to mine.
Always with me.
This poem is my response to Poetics: Look into my Eyes, the prompt from Mish
at dVerse ~ Poets Pub, which is to “Incorporate the theme of eyes into a poem.
Write about the eyes of someone close to you, your own eyes
or those of a fictional character.”
The image, a photo sent to me by my wife in our early days,
is one of the wallpapers on my phone. (without the text, written today)
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Beautiful, haunting, romantic
Much💝love
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Very strong response, personal and emotional. Your mention of “cell” makes me wonder about a prison metaphor or an office cubicle.
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Thanks, Glenn.
That’s an interesting perspective. It adds a measure of longing to the words.
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Loved the transmitted glitch image KG. Awesome work.
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Thanks, Ron.
She does that to me.
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Loved the transmitted glitch image KG. Awesome work.
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Thanks, Ron. 🙂
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I like the unique source for inspiration. The sentimental image came to life through your words.
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Thank you. Mish. It’s one of my favorite images.
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Beautifully mesmerizing!
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🙂 Thank you.
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That’s a wonderful love token on both ends. (K)
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I’m glad to have it. On both ends.
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Is that her eye, manipulated with a filter? She’s always with you there, regardless. I can tell you’re missing her 🙂
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No filters. We decided the light exposure on her camera phone was inadvertently adjusted.
I am.
Thank you, Lisa.
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You’re very welcome.
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That image carries history and emotional connection. Lovely share.
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Thank you. 🙂
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🌊
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💕
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You really have a talent for saying so much in so few words: bulls-eye!
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Merci!
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I love the way you’ve taken a phrase that has become a cliché and given it new light, Ken. I also love the ‘fluke of lighting, / a software glitch transmitted’ – a true spark of love.
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Yes, spark indeed. Thank you, Kim.
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It’s what we want to believe, isn’t it? And to believe in something wonderful must bring happiness.
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That tenuous (as I experience this) almost accidental link that is all so powerful in the telling here.
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Thank you, Paul. 🙂
It’s that initial tenuous connection that makes it exciting.
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It sure does, I really connected with this.
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A software glitch… love it, really thought about the soft in software.
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There’s a cool connection!
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In paintings, eyes without that white spot are dead eyes. That little spark of life that connects us to each other is life! You expressed it very well!
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🙂 Thank you, Dwight.
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