Lately

By Katherine Meikle

Lately I’ve been falling in love again.

Not with anyone in particular,

but with the wind in the trees,

and the way the sun ripples over the grass between the clouds.

I’m in love with the light of the moon 

peeking through my window.

I’m in love with the starling’s song,

and the smell of summer rain.

Sometimes it takes losing all that you thought you wanted

to find yourself again.

I couldn’t say exactly how it happened,

but the blinds have slowly lifted

and my eyes fell back into focus,

and I sit and I listen and take it all in,

and I fill up my heart to the brim.

So full of love 

I feel like I can water everything I touch,

and it waters me back.

Reveling in the sensations

I feel like I’ve a golden light swelling up in my throat,

I feel… the most.

One day I’ll have someone to share it with,

but for now I share it with the pages.

One day someone who needs it 

will read it,

and look up to notice the world 

is not so bad.

By Katherine Meikle