Onefuwa Akande

This morning, I noticed something I have such beautiful eyes Which is weird I've never been happy with them Nor sad either I haven't felt any sort of feeling with my eyes Until I looked the mirror This morning I felt like the foundation of the world Was laid in my eyes Brown so thorough and vivid It's reflective Two miniscule specks of light That shine upon one circle like object Enough to show a bit of color But of course not enough to move past brown My eyes are like the night sky Mesmerizing Simplistic yet captivating There is something about the way the stars twinkle in my eyes that's like a gravitational force pulling you closer and closer Beleaguring the earth with their iridescent beauty There is something about the way they shrink when I laugh Something about them that makes me rapt in my own Beauty, a little conceited I know but Self-love is revolutionary When you've never