8-14-16 Have You Seen These Eyes?

 •Have you seen these eyes?•

I should just cover my mouth and take it like a bullet to the chest

Cover my ears and block it out like a punch to the face 

Cover my eyes and face it walking through the dark 

I'm cutting my feet on the road I travel 

I'm unaware of my surroundings and trip on every obstacle 

I'm putting my hands in front of me trying to feel my way through the dark

I'm holding onto nothing

My eyes have run out of light and my legs are as unsteady as my breathing 

I think I've wondered off the road

The rocks scarring my feet feel different

My hands have turned into lost puppies 

Lost and alone with nothing to hold

Is this what it feels like to be missing

He's put up posters of my dark eyes on street lamps and parked cars

In diners and candy shops 

But no one seems to notice 

My eyes begin to drift along the lonely streets and littered alleys 

I thought nothing went unnoticed in this town

When something is stolen, sirens begin to flash 

When someone escapes, we take off without looking back

When a sign reads missing 

We assume someone else will take down the poster 

Or call the number 

Instead we babble about the weather 

Leaving the missing poster nailed to the post

While I'm lost on the dark and sharp road

Blind and helpless

Skin torn from my body 

Feet scarred and bleeding 

Clutching my chest

Hands holding onto nothing

The posters stay nailed to posts

No one is searching 

And I'm still missing