when i tell you
that you are beautiful
i don’t want you
to misunderstand
what i am trying to say
it isn’t a line
or me trying to be slick
when i say you
are the most beautiful woman
i have ever seen
i mean that
because my feelings for you
and that magnificence
you manifest
combine
into there not possibly
being another woman
on this planet
that can compare
you are not beautiful
like a sunset
or flower fresh in bloom
those are fleeting
a short duration
a blip in time
whereas you
you are perfection to my eyes
that does not fade
does not wilt
does not shrink in the slightest when i tell you
that your are
the most beautiful woman
on the planet
it is the simplest truth
i can muster
because you are
to me