{"id":235,"date":"2015-01-09T22:30:24","date_gmt":"2015-01-10T06:30:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scottneelan.wordpress.com\/?p=235"},"modified":"2015-01-09T22:30:24","modified_gmt":"2015-01-10T06:30:24","slug":"the-eyes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scottneelan.com\/index.php\/2015\/01\/09\/the-eyes\/","title":{"rendered":"The Eyes"},"content":{"rendered":"

You\u2019re never really you
\nAre you?
\nThe walls are up
\nThe facade nice and solid
\nThe smile too wide
\nBut I know better
\nBetter than you could ever dream
\nI\u2019ve built my own walls before
\nHid behind my own facade
\nAnd there\u2019s one thing I\u2019ve learned
\nThe eyes
\nThey never lie
\nThe holes in the armor
\nThe reflections of honesty
\nHide all you wish
\nHold back everything
\nLock it up deep inside
\nBut there\u2019s always a path
\nAlways a portal
\nI won\u2019t claim to have the key
\nThe gates are still sealed shut
\nBut as long as I can look
\nIn those holes
\nIn those eyes
\nThose eyes that show so much
\nThen I can hold out hope
\nTo break your free<\/p>\n

Insomnia\u2019s a bitch. Insomnia coupled with connecting the dots on something I should\u2019ve realized a LOT sooner is an even bigger bitch\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n

Later edit: This should\u2019ve been posted last night\/this morning, but right before finishing it I pretty much passed out at my tablet. For the best, considering the near-spam level of posting I did last night\/this morning. Anyway, after sleep I realized this could be a retread of a very old poem of mine with the same title. Not the first time I ripped myself off, and likely not the last\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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