“Closing my eyes doesn’t help. Fire burns brighter in the darkness.”

“i will wade out
till my thighs are steeped in burning flowers
I will take the sun in my mouth
and leap into the ripe air
Alive
with closed eyes
to dash against darkness
in the sleeping curves of my body”

“Cherish the people who make up your home, and you'll notice the hearth fires burn brighter than ever before.”

“For you, there might be a brighter star,
But through my eyes the light of you burns all I see.
For you, there might be another song,
But all my heart can hear is your melody.”

“I can see the fire burning
Burning right behind your eyes
I can see the fire burning, baby
Burning right behind your eyes
You must've swallowed a candle
Or some other kind of surprise.”

“"You. Are. Not. Leaving. Me." His eyes blazed — burning brighter than I had ever seen them, blue flames.”

“Close your eyes and stare into the dark.”

“Gazing up into the darkness I saw myself as a creature driven and derided by vanity; and my eyes burned with anguish and anger.”

“Just because we don’t see eye to eye on everything doesn’t mean we can’t be close.”

“I closed my eyes to watch tiny dancers like jeweled birds cross the dark screen of my eyelids.”