Reap What You Sow, working on rhyme & meter Options

[merle]

When my mother looked at me
her smile was wide but I could see
it didn't graze her eyes.

Much easier to bury seeds
beyond the rake of therapy
than ever question why.

When my daughter looks at me
my smile is wide but can she see
it doesn't graze my eyes.

[Alan]

Dear Merle,

Here are the defs of graze from Rhymezone :

Definitions of graze:

* noun: the act of grazing
* noun: a superficial abrasion
* verb: scrape gently

Example: "Graze the skin"

* verb: break the skin (of a body part) by scraping

Example: "She was grazed by the stray bullet"

* verb: eat lightly, try different dishes
* verb: let feed in a field or pasture or meadow
* verb: feed as in a meadow or pasture

As a poet you do not have to stick exactly yo defs, you can expand meanings as you wish !

Love
Alan