When I Look Into His Eyes
Written by: Taylor Yuen
Edited by: Callie Rowland, Savasia Thompson and Taylor Yuen
Laying down
Flat on my back, staring at the cream colored ceiling
I turn my head to the left and my
Bright blue eyes meet his
When I look into his eyes I see a bright blue sky
On a sunny day and I never want to look away
It can be blinding after a while, but I can’t stop
When I look into his eyes I see a bright blue ocean that shines
Like the cross necklace he gave me on our first date
I remember that day
I never thought that day would’ve led us here
When I look into his eyes I see the bright blue butterflies
Fluttering from inside my stomach
In the beginning I felt nervous, but eventually I broke through
When I look into his eyes I see bright blue stars we gazed at
When we were laying on the dark green grass
That night
My legs were as dry as sandpaper and the
Grass was scratching them
But I couldn’t bring myself to get up
Both of us laid flat on our backs looking up at the sky
Without looking at each other our hands moved
Closer and closer towards each other
Our fingertips touched and I felt chills all over my body
Goosebumps everywhere
As our fingers interlocked the feeling intensified
Was it the brisk air? Or was it him?
He lightly squeezed my hand
I started to squeeze his back
In this moment I felt peace, there was no other place
I’d rather be
In this moment, nothing else existed
It was just us
Hours and hours passed
No words were exchanged, we just laid there
It was so quiet, we could hear the crickets chirp
And hear flies buzz past our ears
At the same time we lifted our heads up
I turned my head left, he turned his head right
“I love you”
Our bright blue eyes locked and at that moment
“I love you too”
I felt like we were the only two people that existed
It’s been almost a year since then and
I still have that feeling every time
He enters a room
And every time say we say “I love you”
It feels like the first time
Taylor Yuen (She/Her) is a young undergraduate writer who attends Spalding University, in the process of getting her Bachelors Degree in Creative Writing. In her free time she enjoys writing poetry and learning about astrology.
