Introduction and Table of Contents
Introduction and Table of ContentsThe Proud BumblebeeA Fine MareReflectionMy RosesSome SecretsBlack Churches BurnThe FoxMy ZenithA Present DearBlack Lightn'gWhen Dearest Sleep Betrays My Restless MindEden AgainSome Blesséd DutyDehors ParisThe Lady and the LordShe Gazed Into My Eyes...In London Now...The CriminalMLKBlack Moses At the RiverMichael Brown of FergusonA Gladiator's CryThe Sonnet of a Warrior MartyredMandingo FightingThis PimpKiwi and Cotton Balls' Cadence [aka Ulysses and the Sirens]Judging the "Justice"Mother EarthOn Romney's Vote to Convict [aka Integrity]Sonnet (Cadence) of the American Soldier [aka Heaven's Path Through Hell]
She Gazed Into My Eyes

She Gazed Into My Eyes...
 
She gazed into my eyes and smiled at me,
As if in that one moment truly free.
She had in her expression ecstasy,
A calmness, manifest tranquility.
Was this fulfillment of a fantasy,
Or just a respite from reality?
Were it to last for all eternity,
Would it embody something heavenly?
Oh, as I pondered the divinity,
The realms twixt Heaven and humanity,
She spoke and broke that quaint serenity,
To whisper in my ear this pleasantry,
"I am more moved by your card's poetry
Than by the choc'lits, flowers [one syllable] or jewelry [three syllables]."
 
Copyright 2021 Bernard A. Quarterman, Jr.