"She Noticed"

"She Noticed"

Haven't taken mine away
and the concept of
"yet"
doesn't fit into this moment
between her glance
and the trance it has enlisted.
Encompassing and casual.
Firm enough to hold me here
but fragile enough
to last moments worth seconds
instead of forevers.

A look that one
worth their internal measure
would come to treasure
for more than the fly by night pleasure
that is undoubtedly defined
by every line eager eyes
would trace in surrender
to her willingness to render
everything other than her attention
to me
irrelevant.

I believe it evident
that there are jewels
as precious as the journey
and as rare as the time
that they are sought after
that would illicit laughter
as if they could ever claim comparison
to something as true
as her view.

Knew little of a sun
until her blinks cut through one.
Could barely conceive cold
without the entice of perception so bold.
Can't explain the concept of rain
before recounting how she'd peer
through the smear
and the stains.
I'd even wonder if stars at night
would blush once they've gained her sight
but for me

on this day
with no words between us to say,
those eyes hold me in sway
and I haven't taken mine away
so this is where I'll stay

amid it all
until right now
is no more than something that I recall.

Written By: Devin Joseph Metz