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Captivation
What captivated him?
Was it her words,
Twisting and winding
And binding her audience
Like cords of magical gold?
All magic.
Perhaps it was her smile,
Those blood-red lips curving
To form a smile that could
Change from wild to
Whimsical to wicked
All in a second.
Was it her eyes; those lashes,
Long and dark and dusky,
Reaching down to sweep
Rosy cheeks and then
Sweeping up to reveal
Startling amber eyes?
All aglow.
Perhaps it was her hands,
Those small, slender birds
That told tales in and of themselves
With gestures so graceful,
So sanguine, so lovely…
Who knows? Perhaps it was
All of these.
All he knew was that
If that smiling mouth had
Ordered him with those
Golden words to throw himself
From a cliff’s edge, he would do it.
Or if those eyes signaled fear or
Apprehension, those hands lost
Their grip on life, he would save her.
Always.
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