I could not dare

Your eyes,

Your faces,

Staring

Solemnly

With despair,

I could not dare

To blink

Or to take away

My eyes

From yours.

What shall I do to resolve

Your plight

And save you

From that tyrant

Who created

Your endless

Helplessness?

I could not dare

To think what I do not have

As I stare,

Oh,

at your eyes and faces.

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