I love your profile
I love your hands
I love the kisses you give me in advance
I love your voice
Your fingers
Your hair
I love how persistent you are
I love that you're here

the quiet light across your face
does not reach inside the folds of your smile

you are incandescent
even when there is nothing left to shine for

i feel blood pumping through my veins to the beat of your heart

Though I don't know you at all
There's a sadness in your smile
With lipstick of the color blue
That makes me wonder what you're going through

There's a slight turn to your lips
If you blink that you could miss
Making it look like
You're about to change your mind

But a sadness that permeates
Is the hardest to erase
And if you're not careful then it might
Move up to your eyes

And though you I don't know
Or what makes your garden grow
It still makes my heart want to melt
Seeing the sadness in your smile

it doesnt matter
how many times i call myself beautiful
the meaning completely changes
when it comes from your mouth