Character Love

How is it,
that she now becomes
so beautiful.

Has she been
hidden away
in a cocoon
furtively waiting
for a time
to spread
wings?

How is it:
Now
I am so struck
by fire as this.

How is it so:
when I can scarcely
bear to look
at her body,

Since I lack
the will to
retreat from
a safe haven
in
___her
______eyes.