‘Compliment’

Your hair is as black
As a raven’s dream.
This dark compliment
Thrills you.

It thrills me to make it,
To take it, to shape it, because
                I love you.
I love everything about you.

It thrills me to be this
Thrilled by you.
Your gimlet eyes fix
               Mine, and I know
You feel it too.

Published by gurdeepmattu

I’m an author and publisher. I live and work in London and am the author of “Sons and Fascination” (2011, Paperbooks). It's available here: http://amzn.to/eaTVCx

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