as you swept the hair
away from my face,
i thought about how
beautiful your eyes
are.

how the brown of
them all shone behind
your half-rimmed
glasses and how they
seemed to smile
with your lips at me
too.

as you tucked the
blackness behind
my right ear,
i couldn't help but
stare at you only.

the way you chuckled
as i looked sheepishly
at you in confusion was
really enchanting to me.

"you're so weird," you said.
"looking so confused at me
fixing your hair."

"why wouldn't i be?" it was
snarky, but it wasn't supposed
to be. "it's not like a lot do
that to me."

you grinned, and your
yellowish and whitish
teeth looked brighter
than the sun itself.

"well, you got me,
and that's more than
enough to keep you
positive in life."

a warm, calloused hand
found its way to my head.
my hair was messed up,
but it was long and thick,
so it looked proper still.

"a smile looks better on you,
y'know. like how your hair
looks better beside your face."

too bad, all that hair
is gone now.
too bad, that smile
faded more now.
too bad, that girl you
knew grew farther
away now.

too bad, i cannot
see your eyes from
the same angle
anymore.