I am in love.
and I am so happy,
ecstatic, gleeful
painfully true but
so glad.
learning to dance barefoot
to Sinatra in my kitchen
as I cook pasta for family
mothering other people's children
and drinking a chill corona
behind my mothers back
listening to Elvis
and trying not to step on
his blue suede shoes,
I love this.
and I love you.
I wish I could tell you
what its like
to feel changed emotionally
but this isn't true.
I walked on egg shells
in fear of my feelings being
put down
but this time I brought my whisk
and I cracked the eggs before
they could crack me.