POEM: baby blue

(26 May 1995 revised 27 July 2005)

entering...                                                     the world,
                                                     blue eyed and soft;
   with sounds,
    streaming off                                  the tongue,
      with a mind,
                                             that trusts nature.
         mark the point       -it has changed:
            the mind
                                            the eyes;
                is tarnished by ideas,
                     pressed
                                        apart
                 and                      drawn
                to                                each,
           influenced                             by you,
        and me...                                     don't-  cry,
   "oh! baby blue,                                     please don't cry...

                                                                   - klaus andrews