Love, Falling In

I searched his eyes for meaning.
Then I fell in.

Falling into the dismal abyss
Of someone's deep dark pupil
Grasping, but finding no handholds
Descent unchecked, I plunge deeper.

Lost my sense of direction
Disoriented and unseeing
I tumble, nerves on edge,
The eye draws me in.

A tiny twinge of fear
No knowledge of where I'm headed
What would I learn from the eye
What would I learn about myself

Further I drop
A strange and new experience
Exciting but dangerous
I have my misgivings.

Which way is up
Which way is down
Gravity insists, but
How hard will I land?

Briefly a thought flashes
And I wonder
Am I not falling
But sinking instead?

No more light--!
Down I go.