What moves behind those darkling eyes
What memories concealed -
What shadows drift within their gaze
What visions unrevealed
If I could reach into your mind
All hidden thoughts to know
What phantoms would I find therein
What dreams would inside flow
For as I look upon those eyes
I see a secret world
A world that you alone shall keep
To never be unfurled
The stories that you hold within
Are yours forevermore
To carry with you through all time
Within your mem'ry store
So when I see a wistful smile
Or catch a teardrop fall
I know that you're remembering
All that you would recall
Perhaps a mother's gentle kiss
Perhaps her warm embrace
Or maybe it's a sadder song
Reflected on your face
If only you would beckon me
Behind those darkling eyes
That I might join my soul with yours
Before the sunlight dies
Valerie Dohren
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/darkling-eyes/
