Beauty Waves in the Eye of the Beholder
CV DeFelice
… and if I say that I can’t control
it. The rocking
of ankles, balls of my feet
bouncing,
as shoulders swivel, while my wrists ring
out my very heart beat. A full spread of ten
fingers wave at you,
double the excitement evident
even if I try to play it off.
A bad bluff from a gambling addict. With a matching flush
face to fever tipped nails, I feel
on fire.
Lite at the stake there is no saving
a witch, that is until I meet ice
blue irises that sit, submerged in a snow
white expanse. Matching frozen
lakes that I want to
press the
tip of a needle through.
Carve through that shiny surface,
let me drill
down
to the
very
core.
Let me pry up
the surface,
slippery cover so I
can slip that
silver hook
down below
your pupil,
sink past the
pale sides and
rest
down
to the
bottom.
Let me
carefully
reel in my line,
once I’ve felt it pull taunt.
And as I pull up
your beauty,
I promise I will be gentle.
Cradle it with
careful fingers, and
reverie with the holiest intentions,
a gift from the heavens presented
from the beholder herself.
Well with that look in your
eyes, intact,
sends a shiver through me,
nearly knocking me off balance.
In your eyes I feel like I’m
before a real angel.
Let me linger a little longer, without this becoming
more than it should be. Have I already made this more
then it should be?
Even if you wish
to whisper a yes, and
confirm the inevitable end, instead
let me wave once more at you, with wide
open grin,
open hands.
Let me not have to wave,
one slightly curled hand,
stiff with fingers barely fluttering in the
wind…
Spring 2026