by Monique Franklin
My daughter has the most beautiful eyes
she has the prettiest chocolate brown eyes
I have ever seen
when I see her eyes
I want to eat them all up
and when I eat them all up
Delicioso
those dark chocolate centers
see through to the center of my soul
and just take my love straight from the source
in those eyes
burns fire enough
to burn this whole place down
so the earth may be reseeded
growing the greenest lush ever imagined
in her eyes
in those eyes
there are questions that I am not ready with answers
they question you
they question me
it hurts to see
that her questions are already questioning she
I see pain
in my daughters eyes
in those eyes
is a fierce agent
equipped with intelligence and reason
sonic hearing devices that make we wish I didn't talk so
loud sometimes
with a memory to argue reality down to the seconds
creativity to trick the truth
she's definitely got her mother eyes
in her eyes
in those eyes
in my daughters eyes
the prettiest eyes
the fiercest eyes
the wisest eyes
I find joy
and when those sleepy eyes close
safely after another day of living
I find peace in her eyes
laying with my daughter in bed
last night
she started talking to me
in her poets voice
and she said:
"My mom has the most beautiful eyes
she has the prettiest chocolate brown eyes
I want to eat them all up
and when I eat them all up
I have ever seen
when I see her eyes
I say
Delicioso"