✨ The Color of Eyes Is the Color of Soul

Time peels all to original...

Time peels all
to original white

but the color of eyes remains

Yours
black butterfly slumbers on snow

dreaming of moonlight

—Xueyan, from Time Peels All to Original White

“The Color of Eyes” is taken from Time Peels All to Original White. Copyright © 2023 by Xueyan. Used by permission of Fernwood Press. All rights reserved. www.fernwoodpress.com. Photo by Tengyart, via Unsplash.