Amber Eyes

Your amber eyes
your cup of warm, steaming
red-gold darjeeling eyes,
your glittery golden jasper-
topaz studded eyes,
your sunlight on a
copper American penny
brilliantly shimmering eyes,
I will turn away from
your imploring, longing, sweet
maple syrup eyes,
like the time they first grabbed
my heartstrings and
tugged as hard as they could
to keep me from careening
into a light post,
I will walk into the light post
and be black and blue and foolish,
if it means I can avoid
getting lost
in your honey-drenched eyes.