Reality

Books always talk about seeing emotion in people's eyes. Joy, sadness, regret...a surprisingly wide range, especially when talking about the depth of emotion. I've always wondered if people in real life can see it too. Me, I've never understood it. Faces are where the emotions slip, where they reveal themselves. Behavior too, though it's easier at least for me to control that as opposed to my expression. Perhaps others have an intuitiveness that I lack, but I don't miss it. If I look someone in the eyes, I'd prefer not to see anything more than color.

Each eye is so different in so many ways. Just looking at one person's set of eyes, there are so many things that set them apart. Shape and size, of course, but color is the best part of an eye. Color is boundless. The name of it sounds lovely, even. Iris. My eyes are blue, light, with darker specks near the pupil. Eyes are like gems, I think. They don't tell me anything, but they're beautiful to look at.

Beautiful and shallow.