black-eyed girl
two identical pools of india ink
gleam, catching and swallowing light
the moon illuminates
her black eyes echo
hallucination
delusion
illusion
convincing mirage
she emanates
life
desire
truth
black to brown
she fades
vanishing
from the mirror before me
bleach away years
when her face was mine
defy the memory
of an iris mingling
black pupils, black eyes
surrendered
black martyrs, becoming
two brown soldiers
