I remember how his eyes hypnotized me, <br />When upon them I first gazed; <br />They awakened and stirred my sleeping heart, <br />For their beauty, heaven be praised! <br /> <br />His eyes could caress me from a distance, <br />But then come so close in the night; <br />They were bathed in warmth and gentleness, <br />In my darkness, they offered their light <br /> <br />I would get lost looking into those eyes, <br />Like sleepwalking into a dream; <br />Deeper and deeper, they were pulling me in, <br />Like a whirlpool in some enchanted stream <br /> <br />But I felt the need to escape those eyes, <br />They held me, like the cote holds the dove; <br />I gasped for air, I struggled to get free, <br />I could not be a slave to his love <br /> <br />I resisted those eyes and the spell they wove, <br />I struggled and fought with every breath; <br />Like a hornet, I stung the very soul of love, <br />But in my folly, I stung myself to death <br /> <br />Slowly, the eyes that loved me went dark, <br />I could no longer feel their caress; <br />And no kindly angel took pity on me, <br />No comfort in the imminent distress <br /> <br />The gentle eyes that taught me to love <br />Walked away from me, never to return; <br />O, greenish-brown eyes, like an autumn leaf, <br />Forever in my heart they will burn<br /><br />Lora Colon<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/lost-in-his-eyes/
