Dancing Eyes

• Natalie Estevao, Grade 10
• Poetry
• 2015

His eyes were dancing back and forth
Side to side and scarlet stricken
He has relinquished to the greatest evil
An evil far beyond his miniscule means

It was the fact he couldn’t abstain
The music flowed through his bloodstream
And forced him to transform
If only he could stop his motion, could end the dance

His eyes still dancing back and forth
And there he lay, stricken with possession
Gifted with agony, from deep withdrawals
The music slowed, ever so slowly

An addiction can never leave you
Only have a quieter noise
If only he had known this trouble
Before he pressed play, before his eyes began to dance