I see you look at me with wondrous eyes, I wonder what you see
I see joy in your eyes playing with me, I wonder what you see
I see me in your eyes, I wonder what you see
I see me through your eyes, I cry for the child I was…
Pain is what pain does
Difficult time today goes
Oh how I long for that innocence
I see in your eyes, I long to see in mine…
Once there was a child stripped of childhood
Once there was a heart stripped of love
Then there was me stripped of laughter
Today there is me, joining it together…
Pain is what pain does
Difficult time today goes
Oh how I long for innocence
I see in your eyes, I long to see in mine.
54 Responses
Beautiful, Shalini! 😘😍
Awww thank you ❤️ 💜
This is beautiful, Shalini!
Aww thank you…. Just some words which needed the voice
Shalini, YOU!.. So beautiful 💖💖💖
Aww Lili 💕💞💕💞
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Heartfelt, deep and touching
Thank you, some days I have to write them
this is heartfelt. And sad…. You alright?
Yes… Just some days, I have to write it out…
Understandable. I get the blues too – i either sit and write or i turn on those slow, melancholic songs.
This is so beautiful, Shalini! Thank you for sharing it 💕
Mackie.. 💞
So poignant and beautiful, Shalini! 💗
Thank you Jennifer ❤️
This is so beautiful, 💕 and heartbreaking
Thank you Laura… Some days… Sighhh 💞
Lovely, Shalini!
Thank you Jonetta 💕
OMG! I can feel the emotion behind this. So beautiful (and heart-wrenching). Every time I look at my daughter I am reminded of the innocence I once had, and this poem brings all that right to the surface. Well done. You should write song lyrics. So lovely. 🙂 I sincerely hope you are doing okay, Shalini.
Awww… Leslie you understood the words perfectly… I felt all this when I see my niece…. Children should be protected… You are really a piece of my heart 💕
Shalini, this broke my heart. It’s so beautiful! If only we could remain innocent and whole forever.
Awww… Mackey❤️ some days I am compelled to write to heal
This is beautiful, Shalini!❤️
Thank you Amber 💕
Beautiful Shalini ❤
Thank you Jodie💞💕
What a wonderful poem. Melancholic, but written down it shows there is some hope for a wonderful future too. Thank you for sharing your inner thoughts with us, Shalani! Best wishes, Michael
Lovely Shalini! Keep writing!
Thank you so much… I write sometimes ❤️
Thank you Michael… All your comments were in spam folder… 🤐🤔
Shalini, this is so captivating and I am totally in a blissful daze. This is like the best happening to me on a troubled day. I want to jump in joy, unmindful of the lingering cough. Because I see it from my favourite person when she sees innocence.
I am trying poetry here. Dismiss if rubbish. But I have just read something totally bliss ❤️
Awww… Thank you Kurian… Just sometimes I can write🙂
I think i don’t have to tell you Shalini that you’re a role model and a coveted friend
I read this three times already. Beautiful. (Also, for some reason WordPress decided I wasn’t following you anymore and my comments were needing moderation. Sigghhhhhh….gotta love wordpress, sometimes.)
Thank you darling♥️♥️
WordPress is changing from tomorrow with new editor etc. Expect lots of glitches now…
Can’t wait…NOT Haha ❤❤
Hehehe 😂 😂
Now you put tears in my eyes with your sad, beautiful, powerful words. 💜
Awww…. Yesterday was a bad day, before it turned worse I had to write it out…
I’m glad getting the words out can help some.
This is beautiful Shalini… I should’ve known that your way with words would make you a great poet.
Awww…. Brittany… I can’t write most days… But some days my pain needs an outlet… Otherwise I keep crying the whole day…
Thank you so much my darling. Your friendship means a lot to me 💖
Writing is a really great outlet but the words don’t always come.. but I’m glad that when they do, you share them with us. They’re really beautiful and I hope you have more of those days so there are less crying days!💖 I’m so glad we’ve found a friendship in each other through our books💕
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Very thought provoking words Shalini. The innocence of children is beautiful, too bad we have to grow up and face the rest of the world.
Thank you so much ❤️. I agree💕
I am new to your blog, glad I discovered it! Beautifully written verses.
Thank you so much.. Some times I can write… ❤️
Yes, you definitely can write Shalini. We knew that already, but this is another proof that you can do it spectacularly. What a beautiful and touching poem.
Some days I can write.. 🤷♀️❤️
You write beautifully… All the time!
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