From These Eyes: Poems with Heart

I thought my view of the world around me was complete (well... as much as it can be for a 12 year old), until my dad took us to a baseball game at the Astrodome in Houston, Texas. I kept asking him who was winning. With his last drop of fatherly patience he asked, "Can't you see the scoreboard?" My answer, "No", led to cat-eye glasses and a realization that not all the leaves on a tree were the same shade of green. Perspective is one of the many factors that influence each of us as "works i...