Today I went swimming in your eyeball
through the sea of sticky marshmallow white
your tiny red veins ticked my legs like frisky seaweed
I took a walk through your iris
a vast landscape
like an open field, freshly rained on
with patches of sticky mud
your iris
the color of the bark on a tree in a silent forest,
the color of warm wood in a crackling fire,
the color of a chocolate square slowly melting in my palm,
I stomp my feet through your precious iris
I scoop handfuls of clay-mud color
and toss the golden brown pieces everywhere
I drag my feet through your muddy iris
I leave my muddy footprint tracks in your eyeball
pacing, searching
intruding
through the sea of sticky marshmallow white
your tiny red veins ticked my legs like frisky seaweed
I took a walk through your iris
a vast landscape
like an open field, freshly rained on
with patches of sticky mud
your iris
the color of the bark on a tree in a silent forest,
the color of warm wood in a crackling fire,
the color of a chocolate square slowly melting in my palm,
I stomp my feet through your precious iris
I scoop handfuls of clay-mud color
and toss the golden brown pieces everywhere
I drag my feet through your muddy iris
I leave my muddy footprint tracks in your eyeball
pacing, searching
intruding
This piece has been published in Teen Ink’s monthly print magazine.
This piece won the November 2012 Teen Ink Poetry Contest.



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