I look up

A glance, meant to be quick

Just curious, just wondering

Yet I find my eyes lingering

I don’t want to turn away

A longing keeps me captivated

An invisible force from the deep

I am struck by what I see

My muscles frozen, my heart aflame

There are not enough words

Beautiful

No, more than beautiful

Almost more than perfection

Even in my most daring daydreams

My imagination pales to this reality

Deeper than the ocean blue

Wilder than a jungle of green

A thousand shades melded together

Somehow simple and pure

Yet elegant and wise

Each one was tinged with sadness

No, not quite sad, but experienced

Someone who knows the pain of this world

But who knows its greatest joys, too

A firework show

A galaxy of starbursts

The beckoning of great adventure

Gentle sunbeams beyond every storm

Hazel, green, blue, brown

Impossible to define

Impossible to forget

I find myself still staring

I just can’t let go

Yet at that moment that I realize

His eyes are staring back

I blink and force my gaze elsewhere

But the damage is done

“Hey,” he smiles

“Hey,” I grin

I fight the blush rising in my cheeks

And in that moment I know that I’ve glimpsed it

A piece of my future inside those alluring eyes

The first fragment of the great mystery some would call love