BEAUTIFUL IN YOUR EYES

Sweet thing, save those luscious lips for me.

I've been waiting for you.

Will you wait for me?

But I know the gist of it all

You jest

You kid around about your passions,

But do you know the depth of it all for me?

Something in your dark, Italian-eyed, devil-may-care,

Smiling stare

Caught me there.

How could you be so beautiful in my eyes?

I dream at night

I fantasize.

You look at me in a different light.

I look at you with love and longing.

I'm surprised you don't see it.
Look. . .and see a heart beating inside.
Am I beautiful in your eyes?

Just when my heart starts to despair

Of my dream, my heart's desire, coming true,

Tears fill my eyes,

And I start to cry

When you turn to me and whisper

Those magical words I've waited so long to hear:

"You're beautiful in my eyes."

(7-21-1999)

(rev. 3-5-2002)

(rev. 2: 10-22-2008)