eyes

eye
–noun
1. the organ of sight, in vertebrates typically one of a pair of spherical bodies contained in an orbit of the skull and in humans appearing externally as a dense, white, curved membrane, or sclera, surrounding a circular, colored portion, or iris, that is covered by a clear, curved membrane, or cornea, and in the center of which is an opening, or pupil, through which light passes to the retina.
2. the aggregate of structures situated within or near the orbit that assist, support, or protect the eye.
3. this organ with respect to the color of the iris: blue eyes.
4. the region surrounding the eye: a black eye; puffy eyes.
5. sight; vision: a sharp eye.
6. the power of seeing; appreciative or discriminating visual perception: the eye of an artist.
7. a look, glance, or gaze: to cast one's eye at a beautiful necklace.
10. a manner or way of looking at a thing; estimation; opinion: in the eyes of the law.
11. a center of light, intelligence, influence, etc.
12. something resembling or suggesting the eye in appearance, shape, etc., as the opening in the lens of a camera, a peephole, or a buttonhole.
14. the central spot of a target; bull's-eye.

      eyes. a globular ball resting within once empty sockets on the open side of your face. these white balls with a large dot of colour have the ability to say so much. the large, obtrusive mouth babbles on and on about truths and fallacies- but the eyes..the eyes do not deceive. the eyes just sit there, shifting from side to side, every once and a while they will be eclipsed by the heavy eyelid. stare. stare into someone's eyes (please don't be creepy). in a conversation (a real conversation- or even a "rant") try to put every ounce of your attention into the person's eyes and listen to what their gaze is saying. oh the insight you will find when you take the time!
      as you become enraptured in the truths that are spilling out of of these beautiful globes, you will feel connected. you will slip past the exterior and into the the person. you will feel the living blood flowing in their veins and their heart thumping to a beat that is beginning to make more sense the more you listen. your heart begins to syncopate with theirs. reality has completely crept away- or reality has just begun, depending on how you look at it. you feel a sensation within your own eyes as their eyes also search the depths of yours. their is a transmission that exceeds verbal, written or picture communication. you feel real, they feel real, what lies behind these eyes matter...and they matter to the utmost importance. your feelings and theirs become the one and the same. when something makes the opposites' fill with salty water, yours do too. you do not really understand why this empathy exists, but you are over-exhausted with the combined emotions and you feel so alive that you no longer question what is happening. the glassy eyes turn away but yours remain. this side view of the opposite's eyes still connecting with yours. you are still able to exist inside the emotions expressed through the retina. you are the light filling the person's mind with love, compassion, empathy and care. both of you become strangely comfortable with each other- as if you've grown up with this person. at this point conversation dives into unchartered waters where you are relying solely on the this connection made between eyes. mouths continue to blab on and on, but the real transmission lies within the eyes. your heart is overwhelmed with an unfathomable love for this person. you are a part of their life, you know how they are, for you are in the midst of the story that resides behind their eyes. your eyes turn into a delicate glass substance and this gaze turns into an embrace (not the physical embrace you and i know so well, but an embrace between eyes. that silence that follows a conversation. that is a true embrace.). and an embrace leads to further comfort- a comfort yet to be felt. you have a friend. you care about this friend, and they feel likewise.
      you part ways with that comfort still lingering deep within. you do not know what to make of it...but you think to yourself: "this is beautiful." beautiful indeed! this inexplicable experience created by our inexplicable G-d is beyond beauty. you may think to yourself: "what a sneaky god! to slip such an experience into something so simple as a gaze. if only i take the time and effort to gaze with intent and love, then i could experience you, G-d, in this extraterrestrial, metaphysical way between my friend and i. you are so sneaky sometimes!" keep your eyes open for the little moments, the moments meant to be holy but are so often eclipsed by _______(fill in the blank). the eye is a beautiful creation, do not discredit it as a route to sin or deceit. G-d loves to show off his beauty (ie, the beautiful sunset today), but i have found that G-d loves to hide his beauty too...in the most quaint places. these beauties often times exceed the beauty He paints across the sky.