When I Gaze Upon Your Face Poem by Denis Martindale

When I gaze upon your winsome face
Watching your lips dance as you speak
Doing some fast tango as words spill forth
And your eyes blinking away nervously
And your sudden intakes of breath
And I take in the sight of your cascading hair
I don't know how to hold back my love
Nor the desire to press my lips upon yours
To hush the words that I can barely hear
For in your presence each love spell begins
And each time I must resist the kiss I seek...

It's not yet time to boldly confess this love
To let it rush forth like a lion or a tiger
Unfettered by this enforced patience
That waits that moment when love is known
Resisted no more if truly shared with you
Beyond the innermost heartbeats I feel
That only you create in me when you are near...

For it's not the cascading of your clothes
Your sleeves nor the draping of your dress
Nor the shining of your shoes that stun me so
Nor the sparkling gold watch you wear
Upon that oh so daintily-formed wrist
Nor the earrings that sprinkle light here and there
It's only you and your precious smile now and then...

And should you sing then the enchantment takes hold
Wraps itself about my ears and lingers close
Not letting me forget these wondrous times with you
Yet I know that I'm in too deep to escape this now
It's well beyond my strength this time to walk away
Perhaps this love will endure where others failed
To blossom where other dreams have all but gone
Because this time it's different, it's new
It's you... you... you...


Denis Martindale, copyright, October 2013.