The Next Epoch

14 | eyes

if he looked too closely, her eyes became some

foreign planet with ridges & pits of ice & sun,

strands weaved and torn like they were the threads

of peace & war that drove the formation of worlds.

if he looked too closely, her eyes were kingdoms,

their politics changing with each doubtful tremble,

each incandescent grin.

he knew his eyes were kingdoms too,

and under her scrutiny, he forgot if they were locked

in battle or truce.