Hidden Behind

Cheeks rosy red
Smile so sweet
Eyes hide pain, anger
Lonely and shut out
Your smile so pretty
The hurt in your eyes
Burns so bright
How can they be so blind?

Confession
I was like the rest
The best of the worse
I took face value
As your worth

Oh I put the worth
Oh so high
You to me
Touched the sky

Pretty did not begin
To describe 
The beauty of your skin
The round, juicy delight
Of every curve
That tickled my fancy

I desired 
To climb your gently sloped hills
Mine deep your ample valleys
Explore the circumference of your moon’s surface
Map each inch of that vast land
With tongue and touch

Despite my best
I fell to blindness
Stumbling over familiar pathways
That led to self facing mirrors
Painted to look like you

You are more than pounds 
Or lack thereof
Stones, gram by gram
Kill you 
Under the weight of judgement

You are woman 
First, foremost and only
Lovely, loved or lonely
No small feat
To live your life
So let me apologize

I see the person
Behind the eyes
The beauty in a smile
A person
To capture all that I am not.

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