written in your eyes
the glow named hope
is a burden
you are destined to carry
to the end of your time
It’s mighty all right
when a smile
stays in your eyes

they said
be practical
stay with the herd
for safe grazing
in a secured turf
      i have
     only to search you
     flower by flower
     fruit by fruit

i savored
what bloomed
on your lips
then climbed
a tree of your words
barren to the last branch