Reflective Spheres

An attempt to capture the eeriness of becoming emotionally intimate.

Reflective Spheres

I see myself in you, a flickering image
that could vanish in a silent flash.

Your eyes seem infinite and elusive
like forks of a snake tongue-
like stars in the northern sky,
like new spring buds,
like fresh key lime pie,
like fireworks,
like thesauri,
like entire libraries.

Your eyes seem infinite and elusive,
yet I discern some meanings from them
that I can only say I love.

The dreary gray of daily pains
is broken by the
the peculiar shiver
of the trident flame between us.

We are deviant
from conventional beginnings,
we are beyond
other peoples' understandings,
for we stealthily sing
an immutable song.

A twitch, a blink, a flying eyelash;
a great surprise
when I find myself reflected in your eyes.

I know you so well
that I see myself wholly
as you seem to see me
as clearly as I see the green
in your darting eyes.