Like That

It is chandeliers brought alive with candles and diamonds and emeralds thrown up to them and the beach after a storm a homecoming a log thrown on the fire the taste of lips a baby’s smile a song remembered a walk with children a dog wagging its tail a welcome a meeting of eyes a sea-wet shell of pearl alabaster a kitchen smell’s promise an old friend after so long the scent of daphne laughter between an unexpected touch of hand on arm the first primrose in the hedge fresh paint the moment the tide turns known a smile from a stranger a love letter half read the first bike new socks a baby rabbit that doesn't run away lavender a new knowing wind-dried bed linen a first memory hand knitting the garden after rain tears of laughter raspberries a sky full of stars twinkling cicadas singing at night the smell of mountain herbs a trickling brook greenness it is like that