small salvations

when you get lost in a book
and your thoughts brew
with the characters’ colourful lives
their experiences steeped in your own
that’s what loving you is like

when you go out dancing
and you sway with spirited abandon
letting the polychrome lights pull you in
the melodies supercharge your skin
that’s what loving you is like

when you feel giddy laughter
bubbling up in your stomach
about the littlest nothing thought
all it takes is one reminder to spark it
that’s what loving you is like

when you listen to an album
your all-time favourite for years
rhymes & rhythms vibrating in your veins
eager to play it for everyone you meet
that’s what loving you is like

loving you is the culmination
of one thousand small salvations