Poetry

Whose Eyes

By April 11, 2017August 21st, 2019No Comments

Whose eyes matter that much
that mine won’t shut?
Whose eyes matter so much
that I lose sanity
wondering how each person
will receive my art?
Whose eyes matter that much
that mine won’t shut?
Who is it I so desperately need to please
with perfect delivery?
and what am I trying to achieve in him, her, them?
A head nod? An “Amen”?
A tap of thumbs on a small glass screen to share my words and works with more eyes and thumbs and nodding heads?
Whose eyes matter that much
that mine won’t shut?
that anxious toil chokes out
what used to be fun, free,
and not about me?
but about the eyes of someone, anyone
who might look at my work and
peer through a telescope revealing
all that’s outside of herself,
namely hope,
namely not my vanity.

“Every poet and musician and artist, but for Grace, is drawn away from love of the thing he tells, to love of the telling till, down in Deep Hell, they cannot be interested in God at all but only in what they say about Him. For it doesn’t stop at being interested in paint, you know. They sink lower–become interested in their own personalities and then in nothing but their own reputations.” C.S. Lewis, The Great Divorce

Quina Aragon

Quina Aragon

Quina Aragon is an author, editor, and spoken word artist residing in Orlando, FL, with her husband and daughter. Over the past 10+ years, Quina has worked as a digital content writer, copy editor, and book author, covering topics in art, culture, life issues, faith, advocacy, and more. She is the author of the children's book trilogy, Love Made, Love Gave, and Love Can, which poetically retells Scripture's story through a Trinitarian lens of love. She is also the author of Love Has a Story: 100 Meditations on the Enduring Love of God, which invites you to explore God’s love as it has existed and moved throughout (and before) time, and how it intends to transform your own life story. She has helped create projects through her writing, editing, offering creative vision, and/or performing for clients like Christianity Today, Vū Virtual Production Studios, YouVersion Bible App, The Gospel Coalition, The Good Book Company, Harvest House, Bethany House Publishers, Risen Motherhood, Proverbs 31 Ministries, Training Leaders International, and many more.

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