YOUR EYES

YOUR EYES

Your words were carefully chosen

in our first conversations
Your mind structuring each sentence

so that

your true self remained safe.

Occasionally

as you grew more comfortable

and trusting,

bits and pieces of yourself

escaped ....

into words that spoke

of a gentle,caring

and giving person,

one with hopes,dreams

and love

but-

long before your words found freedom,

your eyes

told me ....

everything.