Eyes And Lies Poem by Liilia Talts Morrison

The eyes, they say, can't tell a lie
they're windows to the soul
it seems to me that this applies
before life takes its toll

Young people who still have some dreams
although the road gets hard
have eyes that brim with anguished pain
as goals and loves are marred

Who can escape the agony
of trying to grow up
who can erase what childhood held
who can avoid this cup?

Who blinds himself to what is real
who dares put up a front
whose gaze a door forever shut
and speech a string of grunts?

The eyes, they say, can't tell a lie
they're windows to the soul
it seems to me that this applies
before life takes its toll.