He Had Such

Quiet Eyes

He had such quite eyes.

He had such quiet eyes

She did not realize

They were two pools of lies

Layered with thinnest ice

To her, those quiet eyes

Were breathing desolate sighs

Imploring her to be nice

And to render him paradise

If only she’d been wise

And had listened to the advice

Never to compromise

With pleasure-seeking guys

She would be free from ‘the hows and whys’

Now here’s a bit of advice

Be sure that nice really means nice

Then you’ll never be losing at dice

Though you may lose your heart once or

twice

Bibsy Soenharjo

He had such quiet

eyes

She did not realize

They were two pools

of lies

Layered with thinnest

ice

To her, those quiet

eyes

Were breathing

desolate sighs

Imploring her to be

nice

And to render him

paradise

If only she’d been

wise

And had listened to

the advice

Never to compromise

With pleasure-

seeking guys

She’d be free from

“the hows and whys”

Now here’s a bit of

advice

Be sure that nice

really means nice

Then you’ll never be

losing at dice

Though you may

lose your heart once

or twice

Bibsy Soenharja

The poem “He Had

Such Quiet Eyes”

looks into the

dilemma faced by a

woman who

unsuspectingly gave

herself to the lustful

desires of a man.

Due to her ignorance

and refusal to listen

to good advice, she

fell prey to a pleasure

seeking guy, who

lured her with his

quiet yet deceitful

eyes. In the end she

realized how wrong

she was to trust him

and wished she had

listened to the advice

given but it was

already too late to

mend what was

broken.

A young woman fell in love with a

deceitful guy. She was mesmerised by

his ‘quiet eyes’. The woman did not

realise his insincerity and deception. In

fact, she felt sorry for him.