You are remembering the lyrics to a song
You are waking up before the sun
You are a cup of cocoa with marshmallows
as I lean into the plushiest chair in our house
watching something kind and lovely and sweet
You are the heat of the oven in winter
and the touch of a chill hand in cruel summer
You are leaves falling from a tree
and kids playing in its shadow
You are that moment of relief when someone sees me
and I no longer have to hide what I feel
You are a breath caught short and heartbeat skipped
You are so much to me, it is beyond me to fathom
You are the newborn pup walking finding its feet
the kitten too small to be true, its mother’s caress
You are that moment when words fit together
a poem birthed from a sprout of creativty
You are that gentle kiss on the forehead
You are the dance that left me reeling
You are the eyes that caught mine when I was lost
You are the hand
gently holding mine
helping me walk home
You are home, harbour, island
You are everything to me, do you not see