...see your words <br /> verbal manifestation of thoughts <br />portraits painted with syllables <br />of sensuous simile and meaningful metaphor <br /> <br />not critic but who assimilates random thoughts <br /> cast about like chaff in the swirling wind <br />no object of idolatry <br />no persecuting executioner <br />no special one from any special land <br />no name, no face, no special place <br /> ubiquitous with comment or without – <br /> <br />just a silent voice that speaks its mind <br /> shadow of your spirit <br />wisp of your very breath <br />exhaled for all to breathe <br /> <br />your vigilant sentinal<br /><br />Lorenzo Costigliolo<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/these-eyes-are-watching-you/