Sam Glaspy starts with the old saying that eyes are the window to the soul, then pushes back against it. The speaker is afraid of eye contact and says it isn't respectful, easy, or painless for them. They can manage it only with the people they feel safest around. The reason is stated plainly: they don't want to be seen when they don't like who they see in the mirror.
Rather than staying in that discomfort, the speaker offers another way to know someone. Their list is small and warm: how a person talks about art, music, books, and loved ones, how they sleep, their favorite animal, whether they prefer chocolate or vanilla. The closing lines turn to the reader with a confident "See?" and a joke about "over glorified colored face orbs." The mood begins vulnerable and a little guarded, but ends playful and self-assured, as if the speaker is quietly claiming their own way of connecting.