love is the way your body feelswhen you imagine touch
when you hold your energy in your first chakra
when your lungs expand and fill with breath
love is the way a smile hits your mouth
and your eyes
when you remember what
love feels like
the soft rhythm of soul
a beat
listen to my heartbeat*
love is even in the footstep of an angry lover
and the slamming of a door
when colored light fills the sky
or hits a surface just so
in the brilliance of shell, of wings
flight
love is the heart, tickle
when the object of love is present,
a glance, and the muscle
the way a tear drop warms your cheek
it's the wind
leaves rustling
water flowing
the scent of an ocean, rock
in a cocktail decorated with nasturtium
twist ties
glitter, metal, smiley face, laughter, lint, broken glass
the stranger who elicits what you've lost and what you long for
it's the shape of a word, the stroke of a brush on paper, a note held by horn, brass bowl, keyboard, voice
it's birth, acceptance, holding the hand of the dying, forgiveness and allowing what is
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