Green-eyed friends
People often feel a sense of comfort and familiarity among those who share similar visible traits, as recognition can create an unconscious feeling of ease and trust. One of these traits is eye color, which is determined by the amount of melanin in the iris. Higher melanin levels generally produce darker eyes, while lower levels can result in lighter shades such as green, which occur only in a small percentage of the global population.
Far in the west where the salt winds wander,
and the sea still remembers old names,
I met friends with eyes of green —
like moss after rain, like quiet lakes.
And they never asked who I had been,
nor what sorrow I carried inside.
They looked at me softly, steady and long,
as if they had known me all my life.
For green eyes do not easily deceive,
they carry forests and places of rest.
When I meet a gaze that mirrors my own,
my heart lays down its armor and sleeps.
Oh, green-eyed friends, my wandering kin,
rare as stars above cold waters.
Only two souls in every hundred,
yet I know you the moment I see you.
In Gaelic lands the singing is older,
the stones still breathe forgotten songs.
There green eyes shine beside the fire
through Irish mist and Highland rain.
And northward too, where winter lingers,
where fjords dream beneath silver skies,
the people carry that quiet color —
faithful green, calm and unafraid.
So I know now where I must travel
when the world grows loud and restless:
to the coasts where trust still matters more
than all the empty words of strangers.
Because trust is the dearest shelter,
and not every shore lets a man rest.
But in green eyes I find a harbor,
if only for one peaceful night.
Oh, green-eyed friends, my wandering kin,
rare as stars above cold waters.
May the wind carry me north again
where honest eyes still shine like home.
And I will return through rain and twilight,
through heather hills and northern seas,
searching always for souls like mine —
green-eyed keepers of silence and peace.
D
Green-eyed friends
