How I Came To Know You

You have beautiful eyes

And I know you have been told that

a million times

I know you take pride in them

I know because you told me

And I remember how I also came

to know the wonder that they hold;

Your eyes

They are mesmerizing

Your eyes

They are like fragile little orbs which hold their own universe

-your universe

In that moment I knew I wanted to be Galileo

I longed to discover what was beyond the darkness held by your irises,

what makes your stars shine,

what held your center

I wanted to get past the temptation

of lingering too much on your long lashes

and not get lost in the wrinkles that form on the sides of your eyes when you smile

You let me,for a while

and that's when I saw that your world wasn't as pristine as I thought

There were debris flying around 

hitting everything and anything that tried to observe it

And your stars-oh your stars-they burned me when I tried to touch them.

Your center-

it was barely there.

It felt like cracked China held your world together;

any time now it will break and hurt someone

Your eyes

They stained my cheeks with tears

Your eyes

They made goosebumps appear on my skin

Your eyes

They taunted me to run away far from your catastrophic world

But your eyes

They held a force of their own;

a force which held me in my place

right beside you

Your eyes are pretty,

they say

But pretty nor beautiful do not give justice to those eyes of yours

No one word can ever truly encapsulate their majesty

Your eyes speak volumes about you

And you are more than beautiful

You are worth sacrificing for

You are worth the pain

You are worth every risk

And all of those I deduced when I fell inlove with your eyes