Green Eyes

She is an artist.

Critics call her wonderful.

Spectacular.

Amazing.

Her paintings are bursting with all the colors of the rainbow,

But the one color she cannot capture

Is the one she sees when she looks at him.

He is a musician.

His voice is buttery smooth.

They say he can charm snakes.

His songs have won Grammys.

But the only feeling he cannot put into lyrics

Is the one he gets when he looks at her.

Both of them see only

What they cannot have.

They do not see,

Cannot see

What they do have.

They have put this feeling in words before,

But it is an ugly feeling.

Rearing its head when rearing might not be necessary.

This is what they feel
When they look through green eyes