we know the look of love

we know it when we see it on the screen and
we feel it when we see it in someone's face -

someone close by, just a few feet or inches away

we also know when it's on our face and we try
to hide it -

hide it because we know everyone can see it,
everyone is seeing it and we have become a
conspicuous beacon of love

the look of love is not the raised eyebrow, "I'm sexy",
"come hither" look that we see everywhere in the
media

rather, it is a wide-eyed look, a look with a half-smile
that just won't quit, a look that radiates joy, wonder
and a sense of unbelievably good luck

it's a look that seen from any direction is pleasing
to behold

but when it is directed squarely at us, it's a look
that sets off a chain reaction of explosions from our
eyes to our brains to all parts below -

and we can barely maintain control

Google "the look of love", and you will be
disappointed

you won't find it at Google Images because it
can't be faked for the camera

it's not a camera/model thing; it's a
person to person thing, and a rare one at that

The Look of Love



written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David, performed
by Diana Krall