Loving Eyes

He looks at me

with the same hopeful eyes

that are brimming with love;

and the smile that stretches

wider than the ocean

as it rushes in to devour the sand.

And, it scares me,

terrifies, actually

with it’s intensity, it’s need.

Looking at him, looking at me.

I realize….

That is how I look at you,

how I feel for you.

And now I know

why it is

you ran…….. 

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