In Your Eyes

My reflection in the lookingglass disturbs me.

Chocolate tangles reach like gnarled fingers for

stark flesh, marred pink by endless nights of drunken love.

Eyes of stormy gray cloud my face.

Angry tears rain down my cheeks

and I turn away

ashamed to look further.

Standing tall in my path back to seclusion,

you fight for my gaze.

Through blurred vision I see you;

your chest, your shoulders, like a weathered stone wall

smooth and strong.

Chiseled features scarred and broken

from long days of back-crushing work

break into the slow smile of uncertainty.

Blinking salty streams away

my gray eyes meet yours.

Burning pools of icy blue blaze through me

snaking deep into the pit of my heart

stroking hidden passions.

A simple word escapes your lips on a breath

"Beautiful...."

And I see a new reflection in your eyes.

Chestnut tresses flow in satin waves

across porcelain shoulders.

Sun shines once more

through thick clouds of dusky gray

in eyes that plead for your touch.

Callused fingers brush my ivory cheek

and transformation eases through my body.

Beauty controls me while I am in your arms,

and a soft kiss whispers your name on my lips.

You caress my body in love

you bathe me with your touch.

You have made me a silken beauty.

Falling into spells woven from delicate threads of wonder,

I see the elegance you've created from me

in your eyes.