Simple things

 

Sometimes it is

the simplest of things,

the way your hug feels like

sunshine caressing the skin

then holding on during

a cold spring evening.

Never letting the cool wind get in.

I could never feel

the sting of a winter chill

with your heart holding mine still.

The way your eyes dazzle

with so much life inside,

sparkling on a clear night

and I’m flying to the stars,

loving the way

the winds lift me so high.

 

The way your smile lights

even the darkest corners of the room.

The darkest corners of the mind.

I can see clearly for the first time,

and I find that this heart of mine

can’t fight the love it feels.

You will always be

the queen of hearts to me,

a star, a diamond light

that deserves to shine

brighter than the sun in the sky.

You make me feel younger

every time we are together. I get giddy,

dizzy as if the world is spinning too fast

like the most perfect fairground ride,

on a beautiful summer night.

 

It feels like electricity,

the buzz, the tingling in the belly,

the feeling that at any point

you can be floored

by the current rushing through you.

And I have to stay grounded,

or I would float away on a stray cloud,

like a balloon left to explore the air,

where I would soar to the moon.

to always be watching down upon you.

In awe of the beauty

and wonder that surrounds you.

 

It is sometimes the simplest of things.

The way a hug can feel like swimming

in an everlasting ocean,

and knowing that you will never drown

for the water is holding on tight, and to see you

in the night is like a lighthouse

shining upon my life.

To see you during a day

is like a songbird singing only to me,

showing me new pathways.

And to see you for the rest of my life

would be heaven to me.