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Those Brilliant Eyes<\/h2>\n

23 April, 2021<\/h6>\n

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Dear friends,<\/p>\n

This is a poem written by Suuzanne Eubank while she was with Karen soldiers and villagers who were defending their people from Burma Army attacks. She noticed an old soldier who had lost his arm but was still there with the young soldiers, ready to defend his people from the attacks of the Burma Army. She took the \u00a0photograph of him below and then wrote this poem,<\/p>\n

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Those brilliant eyes,<\/p>\n

They shine so bright<\/p>\n

While smiling<\/p>\n

Or in a gun fight<\/p>\n

They show the pain<\/p>\n

Of the lost terrain<\/p>\n

They fought so desperately for<\/p>\n

A land they owned for years unknown<\/p>\n

Was stripped and ripped from their hands<\/p>\n

And yet those eyes<\/p>\n

Still see the light<\/p>\n

Of freedom yet untold<\/p>\n

They fight for lives, of gone and yet to come<\/p>\n

Those brilliant eyes<\/p>\n

Reveal the wisdom earned<\/p>\n

From years in battle<\/p>\n

Though his heart was never turned<\/p>\n

Those eyes shine bright<\/p>\n

And full of light<\/p>\n

With a slight glimpse of charm still known<\/p>\n

Will hold his grandchild, just for a while<\/p>\n

And tell him tales of old<\/p>\n

And when they ask why he doesn\u2019t have a second hand to hold<\/p>\n

Those eyes will show<\/p>\n

A love untold, and a price he had to pay<\/p>\n

To hold this child, and tell him<\/p>\n

“Oh, how I love you.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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