with strength found in a woman's eyes

she swayed into the room and all conversation ceased. 

the sound of silver cutting away at porcelain stopped. 

every eye was on her.  she was a little china doll with little doll eyes.  

everything he had ever idealized in a woman was ideal in her.

(alabaster skin, blue-green eyes, delicate hands leading to

elegant fingers, long, curled tresses of brown)

his mind skipped to the heightened beating of his heart.

 

the ambiance was perfect, the food exquisite,

the service excellent, and the company divine. 

this young couple in love.  she looked at him

with adoring eyes, and he smiled at her.  

 

he was nervous.

(worst-case scenarios abound.) 

what if she said no?  how would he react? 

he gathered all his courage and swallowed hard. 

looking deep into her blue-green eyes he found strength-- 

and it brought him to his knee.

Reviews

[Coyote Poetry]

Poem is outstanding. A woman can bring a man down with her eyes and smile. I like your description and story. The ending was amazing. Thank you for the beautiful poem.
Coyote