made of things
this small.
a really good cup of coffee.
laughing with a stranger.
you weren’t looking for.
hearing your favorite song
somewhere unexpected.
nothing you would put
on an itinerary.
that make a day
feel different.
the sunrise over the beach; the first sip of a cold soda; the tug on the leash that pulls the walker forward; the chipped paint where the door latches; the handwritten ‘we’re closed’ sign; vines woven into a telephone pole; a fire from far away; fireworks from a bedroom window; a smoker walking in the snow; dogs in the driver seat waiting for their owner; community center bulletin boards; those little waterfalls after a storm; abandoned buildings with a story; the way tree branches overlap and create shapes; lovers engraving their initials in a tree; the scream of kids in a snowball fight; the crack of a tree as it takes its last breath; rain on the roof of your car reminding you you’ve been there too long; a snow plow in the middle of the night; first date introductions; the bite of cold pizza the morning after; lying on an empty street in the rain