SusanWritesPrecise/Susan Marie Shuman

Nothing in the World

It’s Quadrille Monday over at the dVerse Poets Pub!  Today our prompt is the word, glow.

That exquisite glow

in your velvet-brown eyes —

even the flecks of amber sparkle

like topaz bathed in moonlight.

I try to imagine

what thoughts may evoke

such magic,

but it is quite

impossible

considering

it has nothing

in the world

to do with me.

 


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7 responses to “Nothing in the World”

  1. Arcadia Maria Avatar

    Beautiful words. It was almost like reading a mystery. Lovely take on the prompt.

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  2. msjadeli Avatar

    This is a heartbreaker, Susan :(

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  3. areadingwriter Avatar

    that ending smashed my heart to pieces. ugh.

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  4. Frank Hubeny Avatar

    Nice description of the glow in someone else the cause of which has nothing to do with the one who sees it.

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  5. Phillip Knight Scott Avatar

    Nothing in the world :(

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  6. lillian Avatar

    Oh…..it’s really true isn’t it? Some people’s eyes…just by nature of their color and depth, actually sparkle. I’m reminded of my grandaughter’s blue blue eyes that make you feel like you’re diving into a pool when you look at them. But then the ending of the poem is the twist….these eyes described here, have nothing to do with the one who finds them so beautiful. A sad ending.

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  7. Björn Rudberg (brudberg) Avatar

    Such a heartbreaking end… so hard to watch our desire looking elsewhere than us.

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