“Fall in love with me,”
he said,
“you'll be happy.”
Ha ha, happy huh?
I saw you
and the way your lips
picked themselves up
and parted into a smile
that set my heart ablaze
I saw you
and the way your mouth danced
when you roared with laughter;
your laugh a ferocious lyric,
an angelic melody,
my favourite song
I saw you
and the way your eyes
lost themselves in mine
copper waves twirling atop
hazel oceans
I saw you
and the way your fingers
swam through the chocolate strands
of your hair,
drowning in a sea of dreadlocks
that kept wild the wavy tides
And this small motion
of ruffling your hair
would always cast upon me a spell;
I'd freeze,
disabled,
as if from a fable
unable to avert my eyes,
drinking in the sight of you
And remember when our skins first met?
When the privilege to swim through your mane
was handed to my fingers?
When the taste of your watermelon gum
lingered on my lips?
When you wiped my tears and asked,
“Is this how an angel cries?”
I saw you
I saw all of you
but little did I know
that what I was looking at this entire time
was just a mere
disguise
he said,
“you'll be happy.”
Ha ha, happy huh?
I saw you
and the way your lips
picked themselves up
and parted into a smile
that set my heart ablaze
I saw you
and the way your mouth danced
when you roared with laughter;
your laugh a ferocious lyric,
an angelic melody,
my favourite song
I saw you
and the way your eyes
lost themselves in mine
copper waves twirling atop
hazel oceans
I saw you
and the way your fingers
swam through the chocolate strands
of your hair,
drowning in a sea of dreadlocks
that kept wild the wavy tides
And this small motion
of ruffling your hair
would always cast upon me a spell;
I'd freeze,
disabled,
as if from a fable
unable to avert my eyes,
drinking in the sight of you
And remember when our skins first met?
When the privilege to swim through your mane
was handed to my fingers?
When the taste of your watermelon gum
lingered on my lips?
When you wiped my tears and asked,
“Is this how an angel cries?”
I saw you
I saw all of you
but little did I know
that what I was looking at this entire time
was just a mere
disguise