beauty

I seem to dissolve in beauty
My eyes start to shine and my smile grows wide.
I try to hold this precious moment in my shaking hands,
cupping it carefully 
Afraid that it might slip away 
between the bones of my fingers.

I mistake being human for weakness  
and hide 
the redness of my cheeks.
I feel embarrassment washing over me, 
Is it right to confuse beauty with shame?
It seems to happen to the most of us,
although we are taught to express it and show gratitude. 
Who is it that we need to blame?

I seem to dissolve in beauty, 
Because it is the only thing that lives within 
And the only thing that’s not shy to be seen.

It hides in sunsets, in friends, in lovers and in passionate smiles.
In the fruit bowls of mothers and bedtime stories of fathers.
It is the feeling we seem to know so little about, 
that our familiar words fail us every time we try to describe it.

Maybe it is hard to do, 
because we are no longer whole when we open your mouths.

We all seem to dissolve in beauty, 
Dissolved to our hearts,
It is hard to speak when we don’t have muscles and bones left  
to move our mouths with.

Our heart split up to parts .

Collision

The stars above me are burning.
No light that can be reflected in your eyes.
The ashes swirl around us, clouding my thoughts.
You cast a spell on me.
They say the eyes are the windows to the soul
But yours betray you.
Something warm that crept into your gaze
leaves me looking confused into the black night sky.

I’m starting to fall with you.