earth-mottled skin,

budding petals for fingernails,

shy smile unfolding in sunlight.

Her happiness made umbrellas fly and people dance in pouring rain.

There are galaxies growing inside him; I feel the gravity’s pull.

Her face lit up so much that the sun went out.

Her eyes scintillate, a thousand galaxies waltzing in their inky depths. 

And in a moment, I realised all that I never knew.

Saw you today, and I think I fell back in love.

Winsome smile

With missing tooth

Radiates her beauty

In mother’s eyes.