Side by side
Your blue pupil meets mine,
Black as the still night,
Seemingly orderly and peaceful
But hiding secrets inside the obscurity.
Your blue shines a deceptive light;
Making the waters appear more shallow
Then they actually are,
Transparent as if you were an open book,
Nothing to hide.

But, my discerning onyx iris
Sees the furrows and rings marring the blue,
Giving testimony to the tumultuous nature
Those blue crystalline waters carry.

Convenient for me,...