8 ball eyes

He looked at her with his dark, 8 ball eyes
and then it happened, she was born.
But instead of swimming up stream, floating freely,
she was pulled into a dark wet swamp,
quicksand that she was strong enough to survive,
but, the challenge to stay afloat would become her life.
Her goal was to keep her head above water,
to be seen by the clouds that most people took for granted,
until one day, one miracle, that's all it takes,
a bird would see, then listen, then whistle a message
that she could hear with she naked ears above the mud.
she would never see this bird again
but this bird, forever, would be her friend
and the message would be a sign, would be an end
and the swamp would melt into clear blue water
and she wouldn't have to fight or try to swim
because the current would carry her home
and all her friends would be waiting together
celebrating the end of her being alone.
And then it would happen, in the midst of the party
the man with the 8 ball eyes would catch her eye
and once again, against all her wisdom and strength,
she would be reborn, and death would fire her world.
that's all it takes to fly
that's all it takes to die
8 ball eyes, 8 ball eyes

~Jenn