Brown – Your Eyes

Dark and rich
As nature
Color of the trees and soil
A hue of luminous browns
Blending shadows of the sky
The color of your eyes

Gazing brings me deeper within
Descending into rustic colors
Shades of taupe fading at dusk
Taking me intensely into your sight
Like twilight

Chocolate coffee
Galloping horses from Renaissance
Embroidered in a spectrum
A gallery of browns
Cover me like a gown

The colors of the earth
As in the chestnut tree
Where we sit
Your eyes find me
I surrender
To the splendor
Of your eyes

Margaret Franceschini (March 17, 2014)