you lean back, & feel the warm sunshine radiating on your skin through the windowpane & for a moment you forget it’s the dead of winter.
you’re dancing around your room to your favorite song, singing at the top of your lungs because no one will be home for the next hour & for once you feel alright with letting go.
it’s having enough pictures of friends & loved ones to fill the blank spaces on your walls, & then knowing you can always look up if you ever feel lonely.
it’s the space between sober & drunk where you’re conscious of the world around you, yet you’re free from the worry of the world. you can feel your blood flowing throughout your entire body, the warmth & the excitement of your bac slowing going up.
it’s the first spark of electricity when fingers brush, or when that gleam in their eye finds yours at just the right moment.
it’s right before you flush & look away.
it’s the first letter you receive when you move into your new home, the kind words of a stranger when you thought no one could see you, or even a cooling wind on a sweaty, summer’s day telling you that fall is coming soon.
it’s the color of all things good in life, piled together, radiating love.