Behind your eyes

Anika loves to run and draw, and you’ll find several of her sketches and poems about things she’s been experiencing at the end of chapters, like this one:

Who you are
is what is left
when stripped of all titles, possessions, status,
and assumptions about who you are.

If I met you standing alone
in the forest,
on the prairie,
on an airy mountain peak
or a crowded city sidewalk,
who would I find behind your eyes?