Sarah

The sunlight's gentle slant

Coruscates softly

Along your eyelashes

As you blink.

Your hazel eyes,

As hypnotic

As they are beautiful,

Are temporarily hidden

From my unwavering

Gaze.

The painted shutters

That guard these windows

To your soul

Are then again opened,

Allowing the sunset's glance

To reflect the golden brown

Symmetry of your smiling

Irises.

As the supple curve of your lips

Is flirtatiously turned upwards

In a grin,

I am afraid to blink.

You appear to me

As something beyond reality;

A dream-fairy,

Haloed in the radiance

Of the evening,

Threatening to evaporate

Into a memory

The moment my eyes are allowed

To wander.

You stare back at me,

Half contentedly,

Half searchingly.

As a response, I

Allow a silent

Satisfied

Sigh

To escape my lips,

Closing my eyes

As I feel the solidity,

The reality,

Of your head

On my shoulder,

Your scent

In my soul.

Author's Note

Written for my lovely girlfriend :)

Reviews

[FaithfullyJennyBear]

Well you have a lucky girlfriend, you are an amazing writer :)

[Little Abbey]

Wow, if you can write like this as a Junior in high school, then you have a very promising future ahead of you if you keep at it. Way to go!

[Chris Smith Welshpoetcs]

The love you show for her knows no limits my friend.

[EmeraldFacet]

she is one lucky girl! this piece gave me butterflies!!
love it

[FJ Davis]

Profoundly romantic, Ben.
If there is anything to reincarnation, you must be an old soul.
Surprisingly deep and well-stated, for one so young.

[Poeticadia]

Beautiful... *and* the poem! I love the gentle simplicity of the last 5 lines and how they appeal to the senses.

[Ravyne Hawke]

You have one very lucky girlfriend! This is an amazingly beautiful love poem, brilliantly executed and flows like liquid passion. Excellent job and a favorite!

[Judy Ponceby]

Fabulous. She sounds like an angel, the way you have described her :) Beautifully done, Ben.