“i notice everything,” he said with a nod

and a smile without meeting my eyes

and at first i supposed,

“how exhausting”

 

but then i began to appreciate

intricate details

through his rendition

and realized that

 

while at times those minute observations

might overwhelm, they also

demonstrate that there is invariably

much more waiting to be absorbed

and appreciated and valued

than what we may think

 

because where my eyes might see

mundane or lack, his eyes saw fullness

and more than enough

 

and many sparkling things that had

always been there, but that i, with

my less focused eyes, had

not noticed

yet

 

Heather Pound 2023

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