Forest Eyes Poem by Za7ra Sulaiman

I've been watching you for what feels like forever now.
There's something about you — I just can't look away.
Those eyes… god, those ocean eyes. They pull me in,
like waves dragging me under, and I swear I can't breathe sometimes.

The world's burning around me — cities collapsing, skies on fire.
But all I see are those eyes.
Fifteen flares lighting me up from the inside,
and every one of them is you.

It's not fair —
the way you look at me,
the way you see me.
You know exactly how to make me fall apart
just by looking at me like that.
I hate that you make me cry so easily.

I'm scared.
This feels like falling from somewhere way too high —
and I don't even know if there's anything waiting to catch me.
But I keep falling anyway.
Right into your ocean eyes.

The world feels blind now —
like nothing makes sense anymore.
But you, you're all I think about.
That mind of yours — sharp, brilliant… diamond.

You were always so careful,
so gentle with time,
but somehow time still took you away.
Left you with all that brilliance, and no one to share it with.

Just you…
and those damn ocean eyes.