Beloved

by Raphael Victor Ezeano

You’re the most beautiful when you smile with your teeth

When I see joy in the brims of your eyes

It overflows

You are the most beautiful

You’re the most beautiful when you are about to leave your house

Made up with some distant shade of yellow

Warm tones

You are the most beautiful

Yes you are beautiful when you speak

But you are the most beautiful when you speak to me

And you share with me all you have seen

But you are the most beautiful when you see me

You are

The most beautiful

As I have learned to love your eyes

As if they were all I’ve ever known

When they predict cool days with highs of 25

And when they show signs of rain

Because you are the most beautiful when you cry