The touch of your lover
On your face
Gently
In the dark.
Walking into
The bakery
Just as the donuts
Come out
& savoring
That first soft
Hot bite.
The first time
Someone says
“I love you.”
& means it
In THAT way.
When your child
Looks at you
For the first time
Outside of the
Womb
& really
Sees you.
After the surgery
When they've
Corrected your
Eyesight
& you see
The leaves
Individually
Blow on the trees
Like a million
Crisp hands
Waving just
For you.
When the
Dr.'s said
You'd never walk
Ever again,
& you take
Those first
Impossible
Steps.
Getting into
A car accident
& walking away
Knowing
You aren't done
With this world.
Hearing that
Infectious giggle
Of a baby
Laughing
Unadulterated
Until you
Are crying
From laughter
Yourself.
When the song
That speaks
To your soul
Is playing
& you
Dance and
Sing
& find
You don't
Really care
Who sees
Or hears…
That beautiful
Release
From a great
Orgasm,
Where at the
Base of your
Soul you either
Laugh heartily
Or
Cry with full
Abandon…
And either way
It is good
To let it
Go.
The last three
Pages
Of the novel
You just couldn't
Put down,
Read at stoplights
Gave up sleep,
And snuck
It into the
Bathroom
At work
Just to get
A few
Paragraphs in.
That sunset,
Blazing with
A myriad of
Colors so varied
Your brain crashes
& tears fall
From your face
Without
Your permission.
