Aaron Brown

Second Sip of the Communion Cup

What am I looking at?

Who is this looking
Back at me?

Those eyes.

Whose eyes are they?

I remember, a long time ago,
When things were different.
Those eyes had so much.

How I wish I could
Drown myself in the
Eyes of my youth.

Gone! All Gone!
Stripped away by the years,
The world, by myself.

Those eyes have been emptied,
And then replenished.

With what?

I have filled my eyes
With a lifetime of sin.
How do I drain this
Evil from my eyes.

I want these doors to be
Opened back up to the world.

How do I cleanse my body, my eyes,
From my sin.

Do I pray?

Do I take a second sip of the
Communion Cup?

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