Masterpiece

“You’ve been missing my worth,” she mocked.

“No, I know your worth better than you I think” he turned her joke serious.

Silence filled the space between them.

In the months since they met he continued to speak to her with such a fondness,

but she never could determine his intentions.

Through his eyes she felt a masterpiece.

And it no longer mattered that nobody else was looking,

the only gaze she wanted was his.