In Her Eyes, I See Myself Poem by Amelie Ison

I will grant you eternal life,
Something I don't have the power to give,
So long as you always look in my eyes
And never drop your gaze.
You look different the longer I watch you;
The more I take note of your features—
Count every individual freckle on your face.
In my eyes, you become someone else;
Somebody no one else will ever see—
Slowly, you become mine,
As I become yours.
I have memorised every speck of brown
In your green eyes; every strand of your hair.
When I look in your eyes,
I see only truth and a chance to be new again;
A chance to be exactly who I was born to be.
Yet, the burning in my skin holds me back.
Perhaps it is a reflex,
Something I could never control,
That forces me to eventually look away
From the face I know and love so silently.