eyes not opaque

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"imagine if everything wasn't opaque," she said.

we were under the vast sky now asleep. i closed my eyes as the stars humbly wait to witness my response.

i've been mum for quite a few seconds and i'm still not giving an answer. i thought, she just asked me to imagine, not to reply.

i tilted myself sideways only to see her hazelnut eyes, laser-focus on me. right off the bat, i pictured perfectly what she asked me to imagine—it's when her eyes spoke what it genuinely felt.

oh how i melt staring at those eyes.

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