When your gaze found mine, the whole world swayed, As if the earth had missed a hidden beat; The sunlight suddenly grew unafraid, Then melted like warm gold around my feet. I tried to look away, but something stayed, A trembling little universe in you; My eyes became two doors I could not close, And every secret seemed to wander through. I felt my cheeks turn roses in the rain, A sudden fire underneath my skin; The stars began to whisper my sweet shame, While little suns kept blooming from within. Your eyes were not just eyes, they were a place, A strange blue room where gravity was gone; I wandered through the silence of your gaze And somehow lost the person I was on. My heartbeat stumbled, then forgot its name, It ran barefoot through corridors of light; I blushed as though the moon had called me beautiful, Then hid my face from heaven's watching sight. The trees leaned closer, jealous of the view, The flowers opened wider just to see; Even the wind became unusually shy, As thoug...
She wore innocence
like moonlight wears the night,
softly,
beautifully,
deceivingly.
Her face was a garden
where angels might rest,
where fragile flowers seemed to bloom
behind a quiet smile.
Men mistook her kindness
for weakness.
They saw the velvet,
never the blade.
For beneath her beauty
lay something older than love,
harder than mercy.
A heart carved from stone.
Not cold,
for stone remembers every storm,
every wound,
every season that tried to break it.
She moved with grace,
yet every step carried certainty.
Every glance was an arrow.
Every silence,
a warning.
She was not a weapon
because she sought destruction.
She was a weapon
because life had forged her
in fire and disappointment,
hammered her with betrayal,
cooled her in sorrow.
And she survived.
Untouched by pity.
Unmoved by lies.
Beautiful enough
to stop a heartbeat,
strong enough
not to care.
So admire the roses
woven through her hair.
Admire the softness
of her innocent face.
But remember,
even the sharpest sword
can hide inside
the finest silk.
© 2026 Gloria Penelope
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