Our eyes will snatch a moment
amid all that glitzy hussle
of the make-up arrangements,
mishaps of forgettable size
and what-if-I-got-to-pees,
hastened calls to the groom
for paying perfectionism its due;
you trying to hush your mum's
final polish-ups to your manners
by wide opening your eyes
and pressing the lips tight
while twisting your head to see your face
in the mirror in its entirety,
(familiarly and expectedly beautiful it will be);
and that moment so fleeting and full
where our eyes talk a brief silent talk,
will wet those mascaraed lashes.
But rest assured. Yours will be water-proof
and fleeting moments don't leave a mark.
