I thought I would look up and go on about my day
I did, for a second, but my eyes decided to go astray
and fixate on your face
your masculine, majestic facestill to this day I have to thank my cool brain
for even being able to mutter the words that I said
although I questioned if you heard them, as you just stared
but I gladly took the invitation to do so as wellI stared at the slight crooked slope of your nose
the high points of your rounded cheeks
the shadows your lashes created while looking down at me
the eyes that I was sure enchanted my ownbut still to this day I am taken by your smile
a week doesn't go by without reminding you
it was that unconscious tilt that won over my heart
ruining me for the rest of my lifewritten on
October 1st, 2020Author's Note
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