beauty radiates from a 4x4 box on the corner of my glowing screen
(you) are beautiful

I'm reading you tonight
like there's no tomorrow
your very expressions the last thing I might see
before my eyes become blinded by cruelty and hurt

lips made for something more than perfect curl up
into a love-split smile
it's art watching you
the way your hair falls into your eyes
your head tilts
your eyes light up with something more
than just a passing fancy

and you concentrate on every word
every little nuance
reading sacred expressions with a wisdom far beyond
those young eyes

mere concentration paints (you) gorgeous
in the swath of light
while your eyes sparkle with something...
something more than I know or understand
but all the same it paints (you) beautiful

I want to capture this moment
remember what it was like when I believed in love
and forever
and a promise of tomorrow
or the day beyond that

If only I could hold your emotion in the palm of scarred hands
but I'll settle for stolen moments where I can get lost
in the picture of you



for chris.. (you) are beautiful

for celena.. thank you for letting me paint (him) beautiful

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