“Pondering”
Her laughter and smile is broken by the momentary pause of contemplation
She gets lost in the thought of us
Of her
Of what’s next
That’s when my heart skips the quickest
In that moment
When neither of us utters a word
And the only sounds that can be found
Are the waves crashing on the nearby shore as the wind races around us
I get lost too
I am pulled in by her soft green eyes
And I wonder how long I will be allowed to pretend they are mine
They say that nothing good ever comes from a girl with beautiful eyes
But I have already been swallowed by that possible curse
I am at the edge
Practically willing to jump
She stares right through me and burns my soul
My world and hers are littered with the remnants of our yesterdays
Our lives are sweet pieces of candied covered chaos
Broken parts of each us seem to fit
They are pressed into one another in a nearly perfect way
We are a puzzle coming together
And it all starts with that first piece
Those amazing soft green eyes
The ones pondering what to do next
Robert Lloyd
