A poem by Rudy H. García

There`s never been a prettier face
In the history of the human race

With lips so full and passion red
A smile that won`t let me leave the bed

With teeth that nibble pearly white
A tongue that murmurs with delight

And when she speaks she serenades
Resounding beauty that never fades

The smoothness of her clay-like cheeks
Undammed my passion’s bursting leaks

And when I look into her eyes
I see the sparking midnight skies

And too her hair so Raven jet
Curled and entangled me the day we met

And on her crown there rest an aura
The dawning luminous light Aurora

That dances off her lovely face
Translucent in me with her grace

And like all beauties of her gender
A birth mark accents to make her grander

Located in a secret place
For my eye only upon her face

And so I look and look still more
To see and sigh and than implore

To live tomorrow by her side
Then pass to night with lovers stride

And there by moonlight stroke her face
To inebriate myself with scent of her embrace

To kiss, caress, her beaded brow
Than stare in wonder and wonder how

My fortune came to be so great
Was it through destiny or lucky fate?

That joined two paths pristine not worn
And there our road to love sworn

It happened many years ago
And yet her face remains aglow

She’s still the candle of my way
Through tempest, storms, or come what may

Knowing not what seasons bring
To me her face shall stay with spring

And never shall a prettier face
See I in the history of the human race.

Rudy H. Garcia 1998