What are you waiting for, <br />You, with the sad eyes? <br />To say a scornful goodbye to the cruellest winter storm? <br />With the hope that it carries away the sins of the malformed? <br />And what will you do when you feel the first breeze of summer? <br />Will it gently blow-dry your tears of lost hope, I plundered? <br />Will you plant the seeds of our past, and let them be nourished? <br />Will they be allowed to bloom, when the sun’s at its warmest? <br />Or will you pull out the roots and seed something new? <br />Then worry if the shadows make for new growth too soon? <br /> <br />What are you looking for, <br />You with the sad eyes? <br />A knight in shining armour, to make your heart smile? <br />But just how impenetrable is a suit of steel? <br />How will you know for sure what you see is for real? <br />Or shall I show you a man of hope and faith? <br />Who knows how to repent, who knows how you ache. <br />What are you looking for, you with the sad eyes? <br />If it’s a man without fault, <br />You’ll be looking a long while. <br /> <br />Who are you listening to, <br />You with the sad eyes? <br />The voices of caution who see only white and black, <br />Not the spectrum of colour that beckons me back. <br />Listen first to he who loves you the best, <br />Put your heart at his mercy and he'll put your pain to rest. <br />Look into his eyes as he opens up to speak, <br />His words or remorse and see how his pain runs deep. <br />Who knows you better, you with the sad eyes? <br />Who loves you already? Who will love you til he dies? <br /> <br /> <br />For Sandra, with my undying hope.<br /><br />John Warrington<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/you-with-the-sad-eyes/
