Woman

It was written a couple of years ago. A pretty girl who I was too shy to talk to is my inspiration here. Now I ponder...I haven't overcome this weird shyness of mine...yet!

I talk of silly dreams

And of reveries
Those out of my reach.

Woman,
I see you in stills,
On bill-boards and on TV screens,
Yet I never place my eyes on yours
Too shy for my burning cheeks.

I talk of gallantry
Then again wallow in a reverie.
In some spider men suits saving
Mary Jane Watsons.

I talk of beauty
That runs around in circles, thee
Woman, yours is most dazzling;
Yet I never place my eyes on yours
Too shy for my burning cheeks.

I behold you Woman, in Mona Lisas in art galleries
Even in Modigliani, Picasso’s women
They were beaming from their frames
But I was too shy to sing a hymn.

You Woman,
You baffle me with your beauty
You the Charming, you beguile me.

From Oedipus complex to jealousy
I writhed with pain, I writhed in shame,
Yet I never place my eyes on yours
Too shy for my burning cheeks.

Yet I’m charmed by your affection motherly
In Mother Theresa, Florence Nightingale I see thee
This earth would have been gray with misery
Had your pulchritude not touched his heart’s strings.

Woman,
Yet I never place my eyes on yours
Too shy for my burning cheeks.

Author's Note

Photo Credit: unknown artist, unknown work

Reviews

[Adam, the Grub Street L..]

This is an incredibly sweet piece capturing a person's inability to look beauty in the eye, and also their ability to see it everywhere. Of course, the answer is to take the mysticism and on-a-pedestal-ness away from the opposite sex and to look at those notions straight in the eye. But then we wouldn't get sweet poetry about awkwardness and appreciation and maybe the awkwardness is needed for the appreciation.

[Christina]

This is beautiful, I loved how you described the woman and the shyness you speak of was incredibly endearing. Lovely work!!

[Emily B]

wonderful poet, you

[Ronn Michael Salinas]

hmm good one, man. and thanks for that review (thanks 3 months overdue lol).

[Gene Hiccup]

wow! this poem is really great..it shows how you truly value women..keep it up!

[Lucy-Mia]

I have to say this is my favourite of your poems so far. I really liked it!

[BowlofSarah]

Love this write! Really shows a struggle caused by shyness. But it also captures our tendency to see the world in those we love or are intrigued by and that is something rarely captured or even realized

[Victoria PoetryBunny]

A really nice write for a woman, as you said in your quote "A pretty girl who I was too shy to talk to is my inspiration here" this is cute, the shyness, and the love... i like the repetition in this, and the flow of the story of loving a woman. The fact of being scared and yet in love is shown in this poem as well as being shy, it shows those feelings well... good write.

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Love the repetition "Yet I never place my eyes on yours. Too shy for my burning cheeks." This is a really lovely poem; you see all the beauty of the world in this one woman.

[msharma]

Loved the style of presentation. Thanks for reviewing.