Saturday, January 22, 2011

the sun was shining so brightly....

that one could essential reach out and TOUCH it....
and there were cherries on the table...
in the Tiffany, crystal bowl...
and she wore a bright green sweatshirt...to match her eyes...
and the COLOR and gorgeous cohesion of the scene was rather breathtaking...
the yellows and the reds and the greens...

he had just woken up...
and when he stepped into the living room and saw the cacophony of color..
and his girl, disheveled and sleepy and BEAUTIFUL....
he kind of 'gasped'....
and he thought to himself..." I love her..."

for it is EXACTLY those SIMPLE, intangible things...
strewn randomly together...
that make for the most POTENT of vignettes....
the things that just 'ARE'....

she walked over to him....
handed him a mug of steaming, hot chocolate...
and placed a cherry on the tip of his tongue
and his heart just melted....


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