Love Poem: A Pair of Brown Eyes
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Written by: Jason Johnson

A Pair of Brown Eyes

it comes in rapid progression
parting reality with subtle lisps.	 brown eyes
a forest floor of fern
   ever changing with the seasons
	         (a smile, a smirk)

preying hands collapsing 
across sable skin too soft to wear.  	desire
wanting nothing more than 
a moment prescribed as birds fly northeast
	         ( a touch as noticeable)

just a sidewalk untraveled.	saturated
by the wishful wisp of morning
softness of dew fingertips, thrust of a pulse
wanting nothing more than to be inhaled
	        (breath chasing the calm)

sensation measuring the lazy waltz
of the second hand, 
time calculating reflections.	frozen
      in the simplest seldom fleeting look
	       (walking while talking)

our embrace mimic the trees 
arm in arm--stride in stride 
you have become myself.	scent 
of winter chanting a glance mirrored by deflection
	      (welcome the bundle of fire)

twisting our words imitating sounds
nearby vultures at a feast. 		carnivores
circling our mouths with no purpose
wanting to say what we know
	     (speechless sleep)

awkward postures resembling
Greek gods bathing in spilled nectar.	measurement 
of mathematical equations
     melding together thoughts through 
                    (a passing glimpse)