The Girl With Swords in her Eyes

I watch her smile

When she talks about books.

ACOTAR

Is our favorite series.

I watch as she lifts her pen

Above the paper.

A leftie, unlike most.

Her perfect handwriting

Is like the ghost of time,

Once there,

The next, never.

But there's something

In her eyes

That tells me

She would rather

Have a sword

In her hands

Than something more suitable

For mine.

Something in her eyes

Warns me of the

Demon that lurks:

One I myself find

In my own mind.

There's something there

That drags her steps,

And that spark in her eyes

Only shows

When we talk about books.

But something else tells me

That her laugh is true,

Her spirit real,

And her dirty mind,

A place of joy.