the eyes i met

I once met a pair of eyes that seemed to carry oceans of kindness a breath of life a swirl of blue amidst hues of brown mountains of honey cascading to sticky vast pools of brilliant sweetness anxious and searching for all that’s profound, I watched these eyes hunt for beautiful things I watched them scatter and dance about as music willed itself to life I watched them finally fall on me a swirl of blue amidst hues of brown the same eyes i watched light up in response to the earth now held my full attention they drew me in as if asking for a dance melting my rough edges and relaxing every tense ache “stay here, be with me,” they begged to look away would’ve pulled every fiber of strength from my core to continue to look would float me to mountaintops held by purple speckled butterflies sparks of light flitted about my chest as the kindness of these eyes deepened and opened, regenerating every cell of my fingers and toes you can be anything, they breathed a whisper of the wind i wanted to be anything everything for these pairs of eyes for the oceans of kindness to consume me to melt me to spark and regenerate me and as they searched mine, i knew that or all my life, i would see these eyes behind my lids i would dream these eyes to life i would let them hold and captivate and treasure me for as long as life itself