Ocean in Eyes

“someone will look into your eyes one day

and they’ll see oceans where he just saw a pupil and an iris.

they’ll find the colors in your eyes that nobody else has seen

the mauve, the crimson, the magenta, the lime

and they’ll all become his favorite colors.

you need to understand this.

not everybody you meet will spot the glitter in your eyes

not everybody you meet will be worth looking into your eyes to begin with.

save it for the one, let him in.

but until then, treat your mind as a jail

except instead of locking people in, you lock them out.

grow a garden inside there

with sun and grass and flowers and bees

and weeds if you like

because it’s your garden

make it your own

weeds can be beautiful.

i remember being young

and picking those yellow flowery weeds out of the garden

to deliver them to my mother

for her birthday once

we made a whole bouquet

she smiled.

weeds are not just weeds

and eyes are not just eyes

nothing is what it is said to be

look further.

you are beautiful

and you are worthy

for darling,

you held oceans in your eyes long before he came along.”