Your Eyes

my entire life
i lived based on the notion
that when i looked at people
they noticed me.

i spent my time memorizing
my hands
the way they curled into my sleeves
my shoes
the way they caught on the linoleum

eyes always down.

and yet when i caught your eye for the first time
i started memorizing
the way you watched me
every careful gaze
the way your eyes
caught the light
the way your eyes
never hesitated to meet mine

i fell in love with your eyes
and fell in love with the way
they made the sky jealous