such a pretty girl

standing alone before this simple girl
with long black hair
and brown roots,
cocking her head to the
left, and then the
right.
blinking, smiling,
fading.
eyes shift in eight directions
wary of who may
be watching.
long black tendrils fall slowly
out of place, blocking her view.
what is the purpose of these eyes
if they don't allow me to see -
through patches of black and
white
- what I want
is to cut it all off and
just be like her.

September 29, 2003