Live Through My Eyes
He's had his eyes closed for twenty years. Twenty years of darkness & many fears. He misses his family, the world, & his friendly peers.
At the thought of death, he becomes frightened. So before it comes, I try to let some light in.
I'll be his eyes, & let him see this life's sweetest sights.
He's knows nothing of today. He was only 20 when he was sent away to where he's surrounded by walls of gray.
So I'll travel & take in what I see. Then convey to him views of the lively world that makes you bless the almighty.
Just so that instead of paining & of straining to hold onto his time remaining, he can look at the pictures in the framing.
He climbs from the abyss because no longer is there something amiss. Everything feels right, so he makes a wish. He wants to see his daughter blow him a kiss.
As his eyes, I make the travel down a country road with my tires kicking up gravel. I pull up to a farm, seeing the chickens & the cattle. There she is sitting on a horse's saddle.
I take the picture & go to write of it because, you see? This just is how I let my brother see the world while on death row for a crime he didn't commit.
I'm his eyes that let him step in this world to give his own inspection before he receives the lethal injection.
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