Beautiful Eyes

On a dark stormy night in a bar

A handsome young man

Watched me from afar

I was out that evening

With friends from work

Nothing unusual up to that point

Had occurred

My friends left early

I decided to sta

The handsome young man

Started walking my way

He introduced himself to me

As Joe

I shook his hand

And said hello

My name is Dahlia

He looked into my eyes and said

I know

I thought it odd

But I just let it go

He flashed a sly grin

And gave me a wink

He waved to the bartender

To bring us a drink

We sat and chatted for hours

It seemed

I started feeling strange

As if I were in a dream

He said I had beautiful eyes

And smiled

The last thing I remember was

The long cab ride

And the stabbing pain when I died

Joe admired my eyes so much that

Fateful night in the bar

Now he keeps them on a shelf

In a jar

© Leatherman 2012