Lost In His Eyes

I remember how his eyes hypnotized me, When upon them I first gazed; They awakened and stirred my sleeping heart, For their beauty, heaven be praised! His eyes could caress me from a distance, But then come so close in the night; They were bathed in warmth and gentleness, In my darkness, they offered their light I would get lost looking into those eyes, Like sleepwalking into a dream; Deeper and deeper, they were pulling me in, Like a whirlpool in some enchanted stream But I felt the need to escape those eyes, They held me, like the cote holds the dove; I gasped for air, I struggled to get free, I could not be a slave to his love I resisted those eyes and the spell they wove, I struggled and fought with every breath; Like a hornet, I stung the very soul of love, But in my folly, I stung myself to death Slowly, the eyes that loved me went dark, I could no longer feel their caress; And no kindly angel took pity on me, No comfort in the imminent distress The gentle eyes that taught me to love Walked away from me, never to return; O, greenish-brown eyes, like an autumn leaf, Forever in my heart they will burn