Face Poem

Face Poem

for R. Armitage 
 

Abstract, telescopic, geography

Of impasse

wide, open, pale,
Distant projection of perfection,

Like the moon.

Blue eyes, flecked grey,

coruscate 

half-revealed secrets.

A heart hidden,

Laughs: scar, barely visible,

Recondite.

Nose like a Roman God,

Wry smile everyone names shyness.

I disagree.

You run your fingers through your hair,

With sublime audacity

I dream

About the moon.




*Inspired by Richard Armitage's face