Hook, Line, and Sinker

Hook, Line, and Sinker 

I never will forget those eyes
the day my very essence died.
Looking 'cross the table at you,
seeing things you meant to hide.

'neath a crown of onyx lashes,
gold afloat in a turquoise sea,
a colour I had never seen --
flawless, staring back at me.

The midday sun upon your face,
so bright, in fact, you could not see,
a brilliance which illuminated,
all I'd ever hoped would be.

Amid the silence, in one's corner,
a single tear had run astray.
It huddled for a moment there,
before you wiped it away.

You feigned a weak, half-hearted smile,
and blinked, then you wiped it away.
Desperately, I started pleading,
please don't do this, not today.

So much time has passed since then,
but somehow I still feel the same,
and my heart beats a mile a minute,
every time I hear your name.

Though now I have well forgotten
the dreams I had which might have been,
in your eyes, that day I witnessed
beauty I had never seen.