Wife

None see you with the eyes nor hear with ears,
Nor feel you with the hand, nor smell your breath.
You lie beyond all senses, out of reach,
Surviving without body beyond death. 
We joined ourselves together in one flesh
In marriage vows pronouncèd true in love,
You thought a brown-eyed boy would hold your hand,
I thought God sent me beauty from above. 
But later did I learn that you weren't you,
Your eyes are just the window to your soul.
The body, though it is, will not remain
When you depart to heaven, you in whole. 
For you are more than mouth and lips and teeth.
The you you are is hidden deep beneath.

The Student Body

A student body seated in a room
With eyes of blue and brown and hazel green,
Some future veilèd bride or waiting groom
Considers how they are by others seen. 
“Am I as fair as her or thin as she?”
“How beautiful am in I in others eyes?”
“Am I as tall as him or strong as he?”
“Have I received respect or been despised?”
Each wonders of the person who inside
Resides within the middle of the chest.
When doubting of herself, she runs to hide.
He fears they see the worst and not the best.
Lord, give me eyes to see the souls within
These temples finely wrapped in thinnest skin.