Wide-Set Eyes

This poem is a recounting of a sunrise spent with a beautiful boy, and my observations about his body and face, which were easy to be in love with.

Concave cheekbones and wide-set eyes

A liquid sharp and supple nose

Lips unassuming and pink and small

A falsetto laugh whose crooked teeth show

A flat, hard chest housing regular pulse

Valleys of neck cast shadow in blue light

Skin pale and smooth, painted with flush

Surrendered in grass as day seeps from night

Long stone fingers laced in fabric

Grip billowing handfuls of thinly worn shirt

Face compressed in deep, wrinkled smile

Sinewy feet encrusted with dirt

Extended, unfurled, retangled and limp

Limbs flick gently between sheets of unconscious

Should I be given one year to live forever

I'll see a nubile child barely seventeen

Reviews

[Rob Santana]

Imagery and detail were very strong. I was able to create a person in my mind with your description, hahaha. Well done.

[Stephen]

A very impressive write of the day! This poem really makes me chuckle as well as letting me know that there're still creative people out there who daily wake up n boosts up their life with confidence. It does reflects a shed a "Time" either cause, who the time passes away from the life's, sometimes, appeared as a dream but it's always true....but the poem's very impressive how you combine the #love with the every past of the body's pretty impressive! It's showed how talented you are! All words, phrases're lovely!

Keep up the great work!