Swimming in the darkness of his irises,

light gleaming through like sun beaming on the richness of the earth,

in those eyes; flowers grew so bright.

Climbing the creases of his eyes when he laughs

each wrinkle of his face felt like satin on my fingertips,
intoxicating, I always yearned for one more smile.
Weaving through eyelashes so thick every blink felt like a blessing


yes, this is how you fall in love.

Laughing in hotel rooms where the lights flickered if they were left on too long and the water dripped all through the night, although it didn't matter much anyway- sleeping next to you felt like silence was only filling the void for love.

yes, this is how you fall in love.

tangled in arms and legs like trees desperate to grow amidst a forest already lush, because touching you even as a drift to sleep, keeps me calm.

I'm sure you know by now,
boys with strong arms and soft hearts have the warmest smile
well, the one I fell in love with does.
So in subway trains in the city we fell in love in or on the backroads of the Ohio streets where you grew up in, it takes just one look for me to remember why I fell in love
those eyes of yours my dear,
are enough words to make the ones I just wrote seem like nothing at all.