I Dont Want to Let it Get Away From Me

I don't want to let it get away from me...

Those moments where I feel seen...

The moments I can laugh with no fear of judgment...

The knowing glances...

the brush of a hand that sets my skin tingling...

I don't want to let it get away from me...

The conversations that last for hours, and the ones where nothing is said, but all is known...

I don't want to let it get away from me...

The smell of rain in the valley, the slight chilll in the air, the twinkle lights in our yard, the deer that stops to share eye contact...

I don't want to let it get away from me...

The tenderness I still feel when I walk into the kitchen, and the screen door slams, and you're not there to greet me with a dishtowel over your shoulder... 

Your shrug and smile with the wink of your eye...

I don't want to let it get away from me...

7-19-21

I read this poem on my YouTube channel ... The Mess and The Bliss... recorded 8-14-21