Real Eyes Realize Real Lies

If I smile a certain way, my eyes say a lot. If I don't smile a certain way, they say a lot more. It's funny how much our eyes can give away about us. They can express joy, pain, anguish, anger, or uncertainty. It takes a seasoned eye watcher to catch the glimmers of emotion that break through the surface of superficial smiles, and empty laughter. Certainly, many of you readers haven't seen these things in someone else's eyes. You may not ever have noticed, too self-absorbed? Or, you may simply not want to look. So you don't. But for those of you who do see these small flickers, then you yourself are probably trying to hide something from the world too. It seems like everybody is. Whether it be something petty, or a deep lingering depression, we hide it away, afraid to be rejected by another person in our life. How do I know about the fear of being rejected as the reason we hide something? Because, if no one ever rejected you, or left you, you wouldn't be afraid to tell people how you were feeling. Hey oh! Oh no she didn't! Yeah, I went there. And you might be thinking "she's completely wrong" Well, maybe you're the one the was doing the rejecting. Because I promise you, there is someone reading this thinking "damn, she's right". In my brown eyes, there used to be a light. A constant smile, a genuine warmth. Then, slowly my world takes a nosedive. Now, I can't look in a mirror with glancing, with a twinge of pain, at my eyes. They're different. They've changed. They smile on command, but they smile someone else's smile. If you look at me long enough, you see the extreme caution. You see the pain, the sadness, the supreme hope that I make it through the day. However, you can only see these things if you really, truly, look. No, don't just grab my face and take a gander. Start a conversation, throw around a sensitive subject. You'll see the change. Or, you can pretend you didn't read this and go on believing that every one is as happy as they seem. In the great words of Gregory House, "People lie. All the time." We do. It's true. So, when you're with your best friend, someone you care about, take a second to look at them. Because their eyes say it all.