Dark Eyed Mystery
She didn’t say much
It was a just a look
In that moment exposed
I saw everything
A smile led me off track
Purposeful and distracting
Shards of blunted mystery
Sliced through the metaphor
Beauty often shines after rain
Life grows beneath the pain
Sunlight might scatter the pests
If untended they often bring death
But in that moment revealed
She showed what she chose
To live, breathe, and thrive
When she easily could have died
Circles of color and depth
Refract in just the right light
A fighter beneath the beauty
Soul gnashing at the night
Almond brown traps pulled
With a soul essence so deep
Where does this mystery end?
My heart they might keep
Caught.