it makes me happy
when we remember to look into each other’s eyes,
leap deep, and connect with threads
that run red to red, from heart to heart,
drifting quiet along our beating two-way street,
and I say wordlessly, if such a thing is possible,
“I love you, and
by the way, thank you for bringing me coffee in bed this morning
and stroking me alive...”

it makes me happy
when I see
first blast of ocean’s blue
rounding wind’s curve of highway from rock-tumbled fields
as I take my magic child to school each morning
and it dawns on me that
God’s whole world is pulsing in sunlight

scents of salt
cobalt
blue
azure, cyan
cerulean
blue
sapphire
hey you!
how many shades of blue
can there be in one joyous periwinkle day?
with white
clouds
white
birds, in
white flight
light
rainbows descending
in prisms
fizzing
popping
falling
dropping
through gold light
against my skin
and glowing spotted cows

I want to sing
right now
this one second
of present joy
all creation’s miracle
shared
shining
with every
living
thing
today
just
‘cause

it makes me happy, ok?