Sunday, October 25, 2015

Eye Contact

It is too deliciously quick. No time
To plot a course of words to follow,
Only that second to fall into the flame
Of her wide iris, knowing that she knows

You know. Then it is gone. Did you smile?  Did she?
Why does no trace of her face remain
In your mind, even while your body heats
Reliving that flickering penetration?

We who’ve been married a score of years
Admit our lovers’ eyes with a warmth. Still
There is a coolness in these glances that bears
Willingly with a calm that old love fills,

But for young men who still believe in Eden

The invitation of the eyes burns Heaven.

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