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To see a mouth part
As if about to say a word
But then gently close and stop the word it starts
Because it decides that a sound is insufficient;
That is what is and all that matters.

The soul aches to find its pair,
Ripe with a dream and a hope,
Cracked and chapped in loneliness, and there
A toothy grin now shines through the lips
When the glass between us shatters.

I can't see through there,
But I'm told there sits a goddess
With a grinning face and raven hair
A winning grace and pervasive cheer, and
That is what is and all that matters.

Lingering, quiet, passive eyes
Saw not before the beautiful world
In a beautiful soul in a beautiful person, unwise
Eyes that missed a blessing now see
When the glass between us shatters.