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I Saw An Old Woman The Other Day MAG
June 29, 2008
I saw an old woman the other day,
Bent at the back,
Outran by time and age,
Standing there; a prisoner in her own body.
I threw a glance her way,
Just another one, counting down their days,
Or so I thought.
But then she raised her eyes,
And I looked into them,
Those piercing green eyes,
They tell a story; those eyes of hers,
Every speck of nonconformity, every twitch of the pupil,
Her joy and sadness, among countless others I’d imagine,
The moment of her moments: a compilation of her stories.
Overwhelmed to behold such a sight,
It’s rattled my heart and made me shudder.
I might’ve stared too long,
Because her eyes smiled at mine,
As I become a part of her story,
And she, a part of mine.
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