YOUR EYES FOR A DAY

i want to steal your eyes for just a day
to look through the world through you
for a few seconds to be someone else
even if they are colourblind, i do not mind
anything new, than what i know, would be refreshing
to see love through another's
to cry would even be great too
like a baptism of a new birth i long for
to put my life back into focus
to long for the things i take for granted
to be introduced to things and feelings new to me
and then i can see that the world i live in isn't crazy
and that there is more out there waiting for me
to renew the passion of living inside of me

© 2004 thomas bates