Beautiful

Liquid chocolate eyes that melt your heart,
with laughter written all over them.
Two faint lines between your eyebrows stained pale from squinting in
the sun,
which you hated because you thought it made you look old.
A nose with a bump on the bridge from being broken four times,
unnoticed except to those who knew of your first husband and how you
didn't
know when to duck.
The softest lips I've ever kissed
conceal teeth that speak silent tales of a life of poverty.

Raven hair with strands of gray that I promised I'd help color...
but never got the chance...

Now the first face I ever loved
has the peacefulness of a doll.
Hands folded over a heart
that was so full of love it exploded.