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‘Mother’s Eyes’

Kristina Usaite
2 min readMay 9, 2021

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I looked into the distance without time

Where are the dense groves of our days

lives and loves

Where on the mountain I was asked

“Tell me what you see”

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Hearing the sigh of every flower

Earning the trust of an unseen world

I gave myself

To contemplate her eyes in return.

Mother’s eyes.

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In them I learned the world

Which I was born with

In days of childhood happiness

In the meadows, by the lake, by the sea,

On the benches in the courtyards.

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The love of those eyes brought softness

They met the sun

To bestow its warmth

You are my mother’s eyes

They didn’t allow to forget benevolence and bounty.

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And on this day from my mountain

I see her in all places

Where trees and flowers merged into one

Where salt lay on ones lips

Before reaching the sea

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