My Happy Thoughts

The smell of grass, intoxicating, blanketing, smile-inducing;
Freshness in taste and sound and smell, all sorts;
A toddler chewing on her stuffed bear's tag;
Robin Hood, Peter Pan, Calvin, Hobbes, The Doctor;
Watching him move after wishing for so long that he'd feel free to;
A boop on the nose;
Pushing buttons, blueberry lemon muffins;
Experiencing others experiencing something I've made;
Spontaneity and sunshine, lightness, her laughter,
Candles and Candy and cricket-song,
Dragons and his swagger,
Pink and black, gold and glitter;
Simplicity, and empathy, catastrophes that aren't too destructive, provide perspective
(like when I drop Goldfish on the kitchen floor);
Cats that play, the present, today,
Unique nicknames,
When he chooses to stay;
The city when it's dark, Roman water fountains and parks;
Valves and slides, coops and hives, cartoon asides,
People who love me and want to be in my life
People who love me and allow me into their lives
Barriers to intimacy that don't thrive, are undermined;
Stars in your eyes, Fenway at night, intelligent, bright,
When a solo goes right,
The well of love I have inside;
Naked arms, naked shoulders, kiss of the breeze, warmth after dark;
The safety of this place, the liberties that I take, the way that Summer tastes,
Faces that he makes.