My sight lost itself inside the pool of honey brown
Which glowed like gold in the sun
And gazed glossily across the distant world with a frown
Carrying a heavy heart that was overrun
I saw the nothingness, the empty daze of running thoughts
Of a mind so busy, a heart so lost
My own soul ached to fill those barren spots
No matter what the cost
I reached out with a comforting hand to hold
Those dry tears that fell
Of a stubborn mind that only acted so bold
And chose to trudge through hell
My sight lost itself inside a warming smile that acted
As a fleeting curtain to hide
The broken spirit that felt painfully compacted
And needed an embrace in which to reside
My eyes found themselves far within an ocean so dark;
Bronze glow clouded from murky thoughts
Oh how I hoped to bring back that igniting spark
And remove that fazed gloss
So they would always look like sweet cinnamon bark
So my sight would find itself inside a pool of honey brown
Which would glow like gold in the sunlight
While gazing joyfully into my own without a frown
Making the eased heart a pure sight
Beaming brightly, shining as my radiating sun
This is a poem composed by Yusra Farooqui, a student in the Honors College describing the experience of “looking deeper into a human being.” In celebration of National Poetry Month, “186 South College” will be posting the work of Honors students weekly throughout the month of April as bonus content. If you or someone you know would like to share their work as a guest writer like Yusra, we are still accepting submissions at this link: https://bit.ly/186Poets22
