We are publishing “Eyes” by AUBG student Elizabet Ivanova, the second-prize winner in the poetry category of the annual Filitsa Sofianou-Mullen Creative Writing Competition.
When you cover your eyes, you can see death
the darkness under your eyelids
the desperate scream of silence
the sorrow of lost souls and sins
When you cover your eyes, you can feel death
the moans of the unknown
the nuances of neutrality
the nirvana of nightfalls
When you cover your eyes, you can become death
the coldness of her breath
the blessings of her caress
the cradle of her bracelets
Do not cover your eyes, unless you embrace a failed
life of unfulfilled lucid dreams
love of aloof lovers
lust for ill elation
Do not cover your eyes before you are ready
to drown in formalin
to distill your fate
to devour infinity
Cover your eyes when you are death
the inevitable
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