Roberto Perez-Franco

your eyes

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Original in Spanish

I did not dare,my beauty,to look into your eyes,for I feared I would be burnedby their emerald flashes

Later,my sweet beauty,I risked looking into your eyes,and felt dizzy as I beheldthe deep mahogany of your pupils

And when I summoned my courageand looked at you straight and full in the face,you looked at me too:a spark traveledbetween your eyes and mineand lit a fire in my bodythat has consumed me ever since

That fire,my love,is like a sheaf of emerald flamesburning on fibers of mahogany,just like your divine eyesthat make me fall in love…

Notes

Inspired by a diva whose eyes change color, from green to brown, depending on the sunlight.