"Them There Eyes"

Lucy
McKinley Middle School  

"Them There Eyes" by Lucy McKinley Middle School This video was taken at the 2004 7GP 7th Grade Poetry Contest Winner Event in St. Louis, MO. Read the poems of every 7GP winner at https://www.7gp.org. The 7th Grade Poetry Foundation (7GP) is transforming young lives and their classrooms through writing.

Diamonds dance 
Let’s take a chance 
Stars are bright 
It’s going to mean so much tonight 
Blues and greens 
Blacks and grays 
For a window into a soul 
So soft and sweet 
With fear and love 
A candle burns 
Deep within 
Bright and strong 
A candle falls 
The light goes out 
The twinkle is gone 
The light is gone 
The hope is gone 
The love is gone 
The blues and greens 
The blacks and grays 
Gone 
Never again will I gaze 
Into those eyes 
Them there eyes