# Eyes Open To Interpretive Readings

Author: Apolarbear17
Tags: Autism awareness month, Eye contact, Poetry, Self Awareness, reflective

Wrote this originally for both Autism Awareness Month and National Poetry Month. A poem relevant for both months and about life experience. Originally posted in April 2024.

Eyes Open To Interpretive Readings&nbsp;

 

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;By: A.X. Bueno&nbsp;

 

 

You look at my eyes and in a sense I’m looking back at yours&nbsp;

 

But also at our surroundings that are all around&nbsp;

 

Eyes are supposed to be like doors&nbsp;

 

And I feel like revealing too much of what’s behind them is a decision unsound&nbsp;

 

But I’m not in complete control of what people do and don’t see&nbsp;

 

Though I do try to keep my eyes from staring or wandering&nbsp;

 

And staying aware as I try and tread carefully&nbsp;

 

Not bothering with words right now in case I end up squandering&nbsp;

 

Them as I try and let silence take their place calculating internally&nbsp;

 

So you catch me off guard when you tell me not to give you that look

 

And I wish I knew how I was doing it&nbsp;

 

As you reel me back into things with your verbal hook&nbsp;

 

And I become self conscious again at what emotions my eyes emit&nbsp;

 

Worried that they’ve made what I’m thinking so clear&nbsp;

 

But knowing I’ve been misread plenty of times before

 

Especially at times when my mind drifts and isn’t fully there or here&nbsp;

 

That’s why I try to stay someone whose presence someone could ignore&nbsp;

 

Not constantly of course for there can be so much to do&nbsp;

 

And to do it I still need to be willing to be seen and looked at right in the eyes&nbsp;

 

To let myself be interpreted by someone else and I can let that be you &nbsp;  
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Source: https://sofurry.com/s/k1VavjAn