Photo: Dvora Freedman
If eyes could speak,
They’d tell of roads
No one should take,
And hardship that
Does not build,
But breaks.
If eyes could speak,
They’d share the stories
Of long paths,
That some must walk
With shattered hearts.
If eyes could speak,
They’d share hope, too.
For being seen
Brings light into
What one must know,
And one must do.
For Nancy Merrill’s a Photo a Week challenge: Eyes
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Na'ama Yehuda 
Marvelous photo. 😀
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Thank you! My talented niece took it. It stays with one, doesn’t it?
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A beautiful write and photograph dear Na’ama 🙂💖 xxx
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Thank you, my dear! The photograph is by my amazing niece, from when she volunteered in Ethiopia. It grabbed my heart then, and it continues to do so, now. xoxo
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🙂💕🙋♀️ xxx
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Wonderful photo – they eyes do speak.
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Thank you! I agree — my niece’s photo is stunning!
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** Does it have to be about human eyes only?
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I don’t believe so. I think other living being’s eyes speak, too, especially those of mammals (or at least, I find it easier to decipher mammalian eyes but it does not mean that other species’ eyes don’t speak!).
Great comment!
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I totally agree! That’s why I posted to kittens who’s eyes are begging to be taken home…
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I’m hopping over to your blog to see!!! Kittens make me melt into a puddle … 😉
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Definitely a prize winner!
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Thank you. My niece took this photo, and I agree!
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Amazing photo and beautiful words. Thanks for joining the challenge!
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🙂 Thank you, Nancy!
It is a fantastic prompt (and I love the photo you put — what a bright-eyed cutie!)
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Wonderfully written, the poem and photo are beautiful matchup. 🙏🙏❤️🌹
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Thank you, Mr. Mel! 🙂
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Lovely poem n pic! Eyes do speak but as always we fail to listen 😐
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I think we fail to listen too often, but … I don’t agree that we always fail to listen …
May we succeed in seeing (and responding to) one another’s needs more frequently.
Na’ama
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Beautiful
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Thank you! 🙂
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Your niece’s photo is stunning! And your poem to go with it is wonderful.
And oh yes, eyes do speak volumes, don’t they? I know mine do 😉
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Mine can, too … 😇
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Somehow, I’ve no doubt…
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