Eyes Like Emerald Rings Poem by Beverley Katherine

your eyes, like emerald rings,
hold mine like a father
who pulls his son back from the liquid aquamarine might
after he was sure the boy would drown.
so sure, that his desperation fueled him to hold the child
so close
chest rattling with satisfaction
and the chill.
your eyes
hold me there, just like that -
so steady and reassuring -
like the waves of teal beneath a rowboat
the rhythm of the river, so contained and strong
like a father's unmatched determination.